Past Events
Race & Sports 2025 with N. Jeremi Duru
PRSS Our Right to Care International Conference
International Conference on Everyday Lives of Instability in the Global South
"What Do We Owe Our Ancestors?"
with Daniel Black
"Mortevivum: Photography and the Politics of the Visual"
with Kimberly J. Brown
The 24th Annual MLK Jr. Social Justice Lecture & Award
featuring Dr. Orlando Patterson
"Slavery and Genocide: The U.S., Jamaica and the Historical Sociology of Evil"
A Conversation with Professor Mary Frances Berry: Civil Rights Act of 1964
2024 Higginbotham Memorial Lecture with Damon Hewitt
The 3rd Annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies featuring
Madam Leymah Gbowee
"Peace & Security in Africa"
Conspiracy Narratives from Postcolonial Africa:
Freemasonry, Homosexuality, and Illicit Enrichment
with Rogers Orock
Race & Sports 2024 with William "Bill" Rhoden
Special Lecture in African Studies with Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe
"Reflecting on 30 Years of Freedom & Democracy"
The 3rd Annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies featuring His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone
"Navigating the Future: Democracy, Progressive Politics and Inclusive Development in Africa - The Sierra Leone Experience"
Scholar For A Day 2024 Keynote: Moses E. Ochonu
"Reconsidering African Aristocratic Colonial Experiences in the Age of Decoloniality"
Africana Studies 11th Annual Graduate Student Colloquium - Black Queer Placemaking: Methods, Histories, Diasporas
Book Talk: Prof. Barbara D. Savage - Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar
2024 The 23rd Annual MLK Jr. Social Justice Lecture & Award ft. Prof. Dorothy Roberts
2023 A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Lecture: Sir Hilary Beckles: "Reparatory Justice: The Great Political Movement of the 21st Century"
Special Lecture in African Studies ft. His Excellency Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
Book Talk: Dr. Camille Z. Charles - Young, Gifted and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite
The 2nd Annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies ft. President Mokgweetsi Masisi
2023 The 22nd Annual MLK Lecture in Social Justice ft. Nikole Hannah-Jones
2022 Graduate Colloquium: Black Women and Rebellious (Archival) Acts