{"id":6946,"date":"2017-06-16T10:54:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T14:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/?page_id=6946"},"modified":"2019-04-10T08:55:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T12:55:08","slug":"spring-2013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/newsevents\/event-archives\/spring-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2013 Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mon., Jan. 21, 1-3 pm<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lyrics: Boston University\u2019s Annual Commemoration of MLK Day <\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Speakers include faculty, staff and students from around the University, as well as dramatic performances and music by Herbert Jones.
\nLocation<\/strong>: George Sherman Union, Metcalf Ballroom, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston<\/p>\n

Tue., Feb. 5, 5 pm
\n\u201cThe Odyssey of Gregory White<\/a><\/strong>: His transition from maximum-security prisoner to merchant<\/strong>\u00a0mariner, launched by a singular book on Black History.\u201d
\n<\/strong>Talk and book signing by Gregory White and W. Jeffrey Bolster, Professor of History at University of New Hampshire and author of Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail.
\n<\/em>Location<\/strong>: Florence & Chafetz Hillel House,Conservative Chapel, 213 Bay State Road\u00a0 Boston, MA<\/p>\n

Fri. & Sat., Feb. 15-16
\n<\/strong>Sixth Annual Graduate Student Conference in Musicology & Ethnomusicology:<\/strong>\u00a0MUSIC IN AND OF AMERICA
\n<\/strong>For more information, including the full schedule of events and locations, check out this PDF.<\/a><\/p>\n

Tue., Feb 26, 5-7 pm<\/span>
\n\u201cThe 150 Year War: Race And Emancipation In The Age Of Obama \u201d
\n<\/strong>Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senior Editor, The Atlantic <\/em>and author, \u201cThe Beautiful Struggle\u201d
\nLocation<\/strong>: African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort Street, Brookline<\/p>\n

Wed., Feb 27, 5:30-7:30 pm<\/span>
\n\u201cFollow Me Down\u201d Film Screening and Talk
\n<\/strong>Benjamin Harbert, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at Georgetown University
\nSponsored by Dept. of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, African American Studies Program, Core Curriculum, Dept. of Music Education
\nLocation<\/strong>: College of Fine Arts, Room 500 855 Commonwealth Avenue,, MA<\/p>\n

Tue., March 5, 5 pm
\nOne Drop Rule: Colorism and Black Consciousness
\n<\/strong>Janjay Innis, Coordinator and Professor Linda Heywood, Panel Moderator
\nLocation<\/strong>: College of Arts and Science, 725 Commonwealth Ave. B36 Lower Level<\/p>\n

Tue., March 19, 5 pm
\n<\/strong>\u201cFrench Caribbeans in Africa: Diasporic Connections and Colonial Administration, 1880-1939<\/strong>\u201d
\n<\/strong>Veronique H\u00e9l\u00e9non, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at UMass Boston
\nLocation<\/strong>:\u00a0 African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort Street, Brookline<\/p>\n

Tue., April 2, 5-7 pm
\nThe Zambos and the Emergence of the Miskitu Kingdom, 1641-1740.\u201d
\n<\/strong>John Thornton, Professor of History and African American Studies
\nLocation<\/strong>: African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort Street, Brookline<\/p>\n

Tue., April 9, 5 pm
\nTalk and book
\n<\/strong>James P. Marshall, Author,”Student Activism and Civil Rights in Mississippi: Protest Politics and the Struggle for Racial Justice, 1960-1965″
\nLocation<\/strong>: African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort Street, Brookline<\/p>\n

Tue., April 30, 5 pm
\n\u201cGrowing up Jewish in British Colonial Kenya and Mau Mau\u201d Film screening and discussion
\n<\/strong>Kenny Mann, Filmmaker and Director
\nLocation<\/strong>: African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort Street, Brookline<\/p>\n

Sat., May 18, time TBA
\nAfrican\u00a0 American Studies Program Convocation 2013
\nLocation<\/strong>: African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort Street, Brookline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mon., Jan. 21, 1-3 pm Lyrics: Boston University\u2019s Annual Commemoration of MLK Day \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Speakers include faculty, staff and students from around the University, as well as dramatic performances and music by Herbert Jones. Location: George Sherman Union, Metcalf Ballroom, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston Tue., Feb. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3592,"featured_media":0,"parent":1406,"menu_order":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6946"}],"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=6946"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8547,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/afam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6946\/revisions\/8547"}],"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=6946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}