African American Studies Colloquium Series - Images in Black: Reflections on Black Studies

Initiative on Race, Gender, and Globalization at Yale University Spring 2007 events

"New Ideas in African American Studies" Series,
Fall 2006

The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition

The Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale

Yale Council on African Studies

Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration

Program in Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

African American Studies Colloquium Series: Images in Black: Reflections on Black Studies

All events held in the Gordon Parks Seminar Room, Rm. 313, 493 College Street. Please contact Janet Giarratano for more information.

Wed. Oct. 11th, 4pm - Branches Without Roots: Genesis of the Black Working Class in the American South.
Gerald D. Jaynes, Economics and African American Studies, Yale University

Wed. Oct. 18th, 4pm- From Behind the Veil: Afro-American Narrative.
Robert Stepto, English, American, and African American Studies, Yale University

Wed. Oct. 25th, 4pm- Reconstructing Womanhood: Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist.
Hazel Carby, American Studies and African American Studies, Yale University

Wed. Nov. 15th, 3:00pm- Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom.
Melvin P. Ely, History and Black Studies, The College of William and Mary

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"New Ideas in African American Studies" Series
Co-sponsored by The Poynter Fellowship, Calhoun College, The Afro-American Cultural Center, The Divinity School, The Beinecke Library, The Slifka Center, The Gilder Lehrman Institute, The Film Studies Program, and Gay and Lesbian Studies.

Tue. Sept. 25th, 8 pm - 40 Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the African-American Athlete
William C. Rhoden, Journalist, New York Times
at the Calhoun College Master's House, 189 Elm Street

Wed. Sept. 27th, 4 pm - Gendering Musical Genius: Bud Powell, Ray Charles, Curtis Mayfield, and Nas
Guthrie Ramsey, Africana Studies and Music, University of Pennsylvania
at the Joseph Slifka Center, 80 Wall Street

Mon. Oct. 2nd, 4:30 pm - Sonic Imaging: Ralph Ellison's Mapping of New Orleans
Robert G. O'Meally, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University,
at 51 Hillhouse Room 1

Wed. Oct. 4th, 4 pm - Strangers in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited States
Gary Younge, Journalist, The Guardian and The Nation
at the Trumbull College Master's House

Thu. Oct. 5th, 4.15 pm - Poetry and Spirituality
Nikky Finney, Poet, University of Kentucky
at the Divinity School, 409 Prospect Street

Thu. Oct. 26th, 4 pm - Bricks, Mortar and Music: The Architecture of Second Line Parades
Lolis Eric Elie, Journalist, New Orleans Times-Picayune
at the Ezra Stiles College Master's House

Wed. Nov. 1st, 4 pm - My Love is Like Mixed Media: Punctuation, Art, and Politics
Jennifer D. Brody, English, Northwestern University
at the Joseph Slifka Center, 80 Wall Street

Wed. Nov. 8th, 4 pm - A reading from Native Guard
Natasha Trethewey, Poet, Emory University
at the Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street

Thu. Nov. 2nd - Sat. Nov. 4th - Slavery and Public History: An International Symposium
Luce Center, The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, 34 Hillhouse

Wed. Dec. 6th, 4 pm - The Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela, screening and discussion
Thomas Allen Harris, filmmaker
at the Joseph Slifka Center, 80 Wall Street

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Initiative on Race, Gender, and Globalization at Yale University

The Initiative on Race, Gender and Globalization (IRGG) at Yale University engages in interdisciplinary and transnational research, teaching and dialogue on the culture and politics of contemporary postcolonial and neo-liberal racial and gender formations, the historical legacies of colonialism and imperialism. Created in the fall of 2004, the IRGG organizes colloquia, conferences, film screenings, and hosts visiting artists and scholars.

Wed. Jan. 31st, 4:30 pm - Black Sex
Rinaldo Walcott, Associate Professor in Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, and holds the Canada Research Chair in Social Justice and Cultural Studies, University of Toronto.
Location to be announced.

Wed. Feb. 28th, 4:30 - 6:00 pm - Lose Your Mother (a Conversation with Hazel Carby)
Saidiya Hartman, Professor of English and Comparative Literature and in the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University.
At Labyrinth Books, 290 York Street, New Haven.

Wed. Mar. 7th, 4:30 pm - Public Lecture
Ranjanna Khanna, Associate Professor of English and Literature, Duke University.
Location to be announced.

Wed. Apr. 19th, 4:30 pm - Public Lecture
Sarah Nuttall, Associate Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Location to be announced.

Wed. Apr. 26th, 4:30 pm - Public Lecture
Achille Mbembe, Research Professor, University of Witwatersrand and Senior Researcher, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research.
Location to be announced.

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Please stay tuned for further events as this site is updated frequently.

Events held during the 2005-06 academic year

 

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