End the War on Black People the Urgency of Reparations
Panelist: Dr. Michael Ralph Dr. Vasuki Nesiah Dr. Michael Funk Moderators Kayla Merriwether Dylan Brown
new york university
Black Lives Matter: In Dialogue with a Pioneer
https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6Q7n9f1rS5CY-Ox4ptrjgg
Dropping BLKC (Black Latinas Know Collective) Knowledge
In this interactive roundtable, members of the newly formed Black Latinas Know Collective (BLKC) will discuss the BLCK Statement (https://www.blacklatinasknow.org/) and the ways in which Black Latina scholars and their knowledge productions challenge and re-think Latinx Studies, Black Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and traditional social science and humanities disciplines. . . . . …
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Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) Conference
ASWAD’s 10th Biennial Conference will be held at William & Mary from 5-9 November, 2019
Indocumentales – Sanctuary (2019) Screening
Mon, October 21, 2019 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT King Juan Carlos I Center 53 Washington Sq S Auditorium New York, NY 10012
Our Curated Scene: DIY Publishing, Zines & Archive
Our Curated Scene: DIY Publishing, Zines & Archive October 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 SCA Flex Space
Africa~Diaspora Forum: Peter Hulme
In the 1920s in New York the jazz cabaret was seen as offering what the writer Eric Walrond called “Africa undraped”, and its sound was the tom-tom. This talk will explore the period’s fascination with that instrument and with what it might signify, focusing on two texts entitled Tom-Tom, both of which offer to associate contemporary Harlem with “Africa”, in one or another of its manifestations.
BOOK TALK: AFGHANISTAN RISING WITH FAIZ AHMED
August 19, 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence from Britain. Commemorating the roots and legacies of that watershed event, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first Muslim-majority country to form a fully sovereign government, ratify a constitution, and promulgate an original body of national laws after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. …
SPORTS AND THE BLACK MALE BODY
Thursday, February 28, 2019 In sports the over representation of the black male body as object occupies a space for continuous and expected physical performance. The heightened spectator gaze can vacillate from doting fan to menacing crowd especially now when more professional athletes are actively choosing to exercise their voices on social justice issues. The …
