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Tomorrow Night! “Early Black Futures” Lecture with Dr. Brigitte Fielder
Early Black Futures: Old Technology, Hopeful Speculation, and Childhood Dreams Brigitte Fielder, University of Wisconsin-Madison Thursday, March 24 at 5 pm ET Open to the BU Community & Live Streamed to the General Public In-person Location: Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, FLR 104. Registration required; register here. Both Black literary and emancipation efforts contributed […]
Tomorrow Night! Dr. Chude-Sokei to Deliver 2021 University Lecture
Following a postponement, the 2021 University Lecture has been rescheduled to March 23, 2022. Beneath and Beyond Human: Race and Technology Between Singularities Presented by Louis Chude-Sokei, Professor of English; George and Joyce Wein Chair in African American Studies; Director, African American Studies Program Register for the lecture here. About Dr. Chude-Sokei Louis Chude-Sokei is a […]
Cinema & Media Studies Program Presents Screening Black Futures: A Conversation on Black Cinema Beyond Its Histories
Black Futures Film Series Brown Girl Begins (dir. Sharon Lewis) Wednesday 3/16, 6pm in COM B05 Destination Planet Negro (dir. Kevin Willmott) Wednesday 2/23, 6pm in COM B05 See You Yesterday (dir. Stefon Bristol) Available on Netflix The Cinema & Media Studies program, along with the Department of English and African American Studies […]
Featured Faculty: Dr. Saida Grundy
Saida Grundy is a feminist sociologist of race & ethnicity and Assistant Professor of Sociology, African-American Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies. Her research to date has focused upon formations and ideologies of gender and racialization within the Black middle class — specifically men. Her upcoming book, Respectable: Politics and Paradox in Making the Morehouse Man, expands […]
Register for Race, Prison, Justice Arts Initiative | Directed by Judy Braha and André de Quadros
Explore the intersection of social justice and the arts with this free 4-session interdisciplinary arts collaboration directed by Judy Braha and André de Quadros from the College of Fine Arts. Designed to highlight the relationship between race and mass incarceration, this program will feature currently and formerly incarcerated artists. Participants will dive into […]
Don’t Miss! Ytasha Womack, Afrofuturism & Black Life | Monday, February 28th
Afrofuturism & Black Life Monday, February 28 at 6 pm ET Ytasha Womack, critically acclaimed author, filmmaker, dancer, independent scholar, and champion of humanity and the imagination. Her book Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci Fi & Fantasy Culture (2013) is the leading primer on the exciting subject which bridges science fiction, futurisms, and culture. The […]
Faculty News: Dr. Ianna Hawkins Owen to speak at Diasporic Solidarities Conference
Diasporic Solidarities: Islands, Intimacies, and Imagining Otherwise Hosted by the McMaster University Deptartment of English & Cultural Studies, this conference will feature a plenary panel of speakers, as well as several research panel presentations. AFAM Studies faculty Dr. Ianna Hawkins Owen is a featured plenary speaker. The plenary session will be free and open to […]
BU Law BHM | “Enhancing the Legitimacy of Courts in a Pluralistic Society” | Honorable Bernice B. Donald
“Enhancing the Legitimacy of Courts in a Pluralistic Society” Lecture by the Honorable Bernice B. Donald, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Tuesday, February 22 at 12:45pm ET Open to the BU community, in-person only THE HONORABLE BERNICE B. DONALD was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for […]
BU Conversations in the Arts & Ideas presents “An Evening with Bill T. Jones.”
The renowned choreographer, director, and dancer Bill T. Jones joins Professor Louis Chude-Sokei for a public conversation about his life and work. Wednesday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m., Tsai Performance Center. Doors Open: 6:30pm. Admission is free; a reservation is required. This event is sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, Kilachand Honors […]