{"id":2460,"date":"2012-06-28T10:14:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T14:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/?page_id=2460"},"modified":"2019-04-10T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T12:56:00","slug":"spring-2012-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/newsevents\/event-archives\/spring-2012-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2012 Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mon., Jan 16, 1pm<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cManifest Your Destiny\u201d Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration <\/em>The commemoration ceremony is organized by the Dean of Students Office and the Howard Thurman Center. Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore (SED\u201987) will make introductory remarks. Speakers include MLK Professor of Ethical Leadership Walter Fluker, Stefan Jones (CFA\u201912), Kemi Alabi (CAS\u201912), and African American Studies Asst. Professor Ruha Benjamin.<\/p>\n

Wed., Feb 1, 4:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Slave Marriage Plot<\/em> Tess Chakkalakal, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Bowdoin College. Co-sponsored by the Dept of English, the American and New England Studies Program, and the African American Studies Program at Boston University<\/p>\n

Tues., Feb 7, 5pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Feminist Ethics in Brazilian Social Movements <\/em>Dr. Keisha Khan Perry, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University<\/p>\n

Tue., Feb 28, 6-8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black History Month Film Festival- \u201cBlack Power Mixtape 1967-75\u201d<\/em> Screening will be followed by a discussion facilitated by BU Prof. Ruha Benjamin about the impact of the civil rights movement on social transformations around the world and about the relevance of black history for the black present. Co-sponsored by UMOJA and African American Studies.<\/p>\n

Tue., March 6, 5pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI Am\u201d Student Reflections on Blackness and Identity in the United States and the African Diaspora<\/em> Panel Moderator: Dr. Linda Heywood, Professor of History and Director of the African American Studies Program<\/p>\n

Thu., March 22, 5pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Living with Lynching: African American Drama and Citizenship<\/em> Dr. Koritha Mitchell, Associate Professor of English, The Ohio State University. Co-sponsored by the Dept. of English, American & New England Studies Program, and the African American Studies Program at Boston University.<\/p>\n

Tue., April 10, 5pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

African American Artists and Writers in Paris (1900s-1960s): A New Found Freedom<\/em> Dr. Francoise Pfaff, Professor of Modern Languages and Literature, Howard University. Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Romance Studies, the Dept of English, the George and Joyce Wein Fund, and the African American Studies Program<\/p>\n

Wed., April 18, 4pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Liberation Movements and the Evolution of the Angolan State<\/em> Domingos Jardo Muekalia<\/p>\n

Thu\/Fri., April 19-20, 9am-3pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Symposium on African Americans and the Abrahamic Religions<\/em><\/p>\n

Tue., May 1, 5pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Race Decoded: The Genomic Fight for Social Justice<\/em> Dr. Catherine Bliss, Dept. of Africana Studies and Science and Technology Studies, Brown University<\/p>\n

For more information on the African American Studies Program, please contact Deirdre James, Program Administrator at dejames@bu.edu or 617-358-1421.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mon., Jan 16, 1pm \u201cManifest Your Destiny\u201d Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration The commemoration ceremony is organized by the Dean of Students Office and the Howard Thurman Center. Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore (SED\u201987) will make introductory remarks. Speakers include MLK Professor of Ethical Leadership Walter Fluker, Stefan Jones (CFA\u201912), Kemi Alabi (CAS\u201912), and African […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3592,"featured_media":0,"parent":1406,"menu_order":27,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2460"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5599,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2460\/revisions\/5599"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}