For the first time ever, faculty and students from each of the nation's 11 universities that award doctorates in the field of African American studies will come together for a conference at Northwestern University. Titled “A Beautiful Struggle: Transformative Black Studies in Shifting Political Landscapes,” the conference will take place April 12-14.
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Jonathan Holloway to deliver Leon Forrest Lecture on Friday, April 13, 4:30pm, Orrington Hotel, 1710 Orrington Avenue, Evanston.
On 22- 23 May 2012, Barnor Hesse will be speaking at the "International Workshop: Contemporary Configurations of Racism and Eurocentrism: Debates on Academic and Political Discourses and Practices," at the Centre for Social Studies – Associated Laboratory, University of Coimbra in Portugal.
Northwestern Political Union sponsored the State of the Union debate at Northwestern University featuring Barnor Hesse and Charles Mills May 9, 2011. Watch video here.
Sandra Richards was the featured speaker for Northwestern University-Qatar's "Food For Thought" lunch lecture series on February 21, 2012. Dr. Tracy Vaughn moderated and facilitated a conversation with Dr. Richards about her career and her current research.
In March, Kinohi Nishikawa will be presenting a paper, "The Negotiations, or How a Black Book Didn't Cross Over," at the international "Race, Ethnicity, and Publishing" conference hosted by Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Mary Pattillo participated in a conference on February 17 to celebrate the granting of the posthumus "Honorary Emeritus Professorship" to DuBois at the University of Pennsylvania. See http://www.sas.upenn.edu/duboisprofessorship. In March, Dr. Pattillo will be giving a seminar at the Sociology Department of the University of Illinois and at the University of Virginia to the Carter G Woodson Center.
In February, Nitasha Sharma gave a talk at EthNoise! graduate student workshop through the Music Department at the University of Chicago and at Loyola University through the Department of Anthropology. In March, she will be part of the Sociology Colloquium at Syracuse University and at the University of Wisconsin, Parkside for Asian Heritage Month.
Affiliate Richard Joseph will be giving a talk, "Can the Nigerian Project Be Salvaged? Growth, Democracy, and Security," at Brown University on March 13, 2012. He also gave a talk, "The Fight of Our Time: State, Governance and Development in Nigeria," at Northwestern University on February 14. Watch the video here.
Celeste Watkins-Hayes gave a talk, "Betwixt and Between:
Institutional Ties and Middle Class Women Living with HIV/AIDS," in the Sociology Department at Northwestern on February 16th on middle class women with HIV/AIDS.
Michelle Wright gave a talk at Mills College in November 2011 for the Contemporary Writers Series: New Literary Scholarship. The talk can be viewed at http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/michelle-wright?before=13218840
Thursday, May 17, 2012 • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
The Use and Abuse of Race in Medicine and Health Studies
Thursday, May 24, 2012 • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker Series - Space and Place in African American and African Diaspora Studies
