WARM WELCOME!

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Sylvester Johnson will be joining us as an Associate Professor of African American Studies and Religion beginning in the Winter 2012!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE EVENTS!

MICHELLE ALEXANDER TALK & BOOK SIGNING

"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"

Wednesday February 1, 2012

5pm

(Co-Sponsor Garrett-Evangelical Theology Seminary)

LEON FORREST LECTURE: APRIL 13, 2012

Elizabeth Alexander

Chair and Thomas E Donnelley Professor of African American Studies, Yale University

Friday April 13, 2012

VISIBILITY CONFERENCE APRIL 12-14, 2012

"A Beautiful Struggle: Transformative Black Studies in Shifting Political Landscapes--A Summit of Doctoral Programs."                                                     

African American Studies at Northwestern University    Hotel Orrington, Evanston, IL