Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration: Beloved Community
Keynote address by Geoff K. Ward, professor of African and African-American studies, faculty affiliate in the Department of Sociology and Program in American Culture Studies and director of the WashU & Slavery Project
Graham Chapel
Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration: Beloved Community
Keynote address by Geoff K. Ward, professor of African and African-American studies, faculty affiliate in the Department of Sociology and Program in American Culture Studies and director of the WashU & Slavery Project
Graham Chapel |
The 36th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration honors the legacy of Dr. King and the impact he has made on those who carry the torch for humanity. Washington University Chancellor Andrew D. Martin, Provost Beverly Wendland and Rev. Callista Isabelle, Washington University director for religious, spiritual and ethical life, will provide remarks. The commemoration includes performances by Black Anthology, the Washington University student run production group and the Washington University Concert Choir. A reception in the Danforth University Center (DUC) follows the program. The event is free and open to the public.
AFAS and FMS professor Raven Maragh-Lloyd will be featured in the Missouri History Museum's Thursday Night at the Museum program on Black Women in Media.
Missouri History Museum
Black Women in Media - Missouri History Museum
AFAS and FMS professor Raven Maragh-Lloyd will be featured in the Missouri History Museum's Thursday Night at the Museum program on Black Women in Media.
Germany’s Forgotten Genocide: A film screening and discussion of Kavena Hambira’s ‘Nuh-Mi-Bee-Uhn’
Featuring Kavena Hambira and Miriam Gleckman-Krut, artist-scholars-in residence with the Memory for the Future Studiolab
St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, 36 Millstone Campus Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146
Germany’s Forgotten Genocide: A film screening and discussion of Kavena Hambira’s ‘Nuh-Mi-Bee-Uhn’
Featuring Kavena Hambira and Miriam Gleckman-Krut, artist-scholars-in residence with the Memory for the Future Studiolab
St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, 36 Millstone Campus Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146 |
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum will present the film Nuh-Mi Bee-Uhn, directed by Kavena Hambira. The film “focuses on the twentieth century’s first genocide—the Herero and Nama Genocide, carried out by Germany in 1905 in his family’s native Namibia. Hambira bridges geography and time to describe the indelible and far-reaching impacts of the genocide and the ongoing struggle for reparations and reconciliation.” The film will be accompanied by a discussion with Hambira and his colleague, Miriam Gleckman-Krut, both of whom are artist-scholars-in residence at the Memory for the Future Studiolab at Washington University. The discussion will examine the linkages between the history and memory of this and other genocides and the Holocaust. Registration required; see website.
Drawing on Jacolby Satterwhite’s ability to create immersive and expansive environments in the exhibition Spirits Roaming on the Earth, this program explores the power of performance to transcend limitations. Professor Marlon M. Bailey will facilitate a conversation that includes queer theory, Black LGBTQ cultural formations, performance, and more. This event is free and open to the public and will include ASL interpretation provided by student interpreters from St. Louis Community College.
Contemporary Art Museum | 3750 Washington Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63108
RE: Worldbuilding through Performance
Drawing on Jacolby Satterwhite’s ability to create immersive and expansive environments in the exhibition Spirits Roaming on the Earth, this program explores the power of performance to transcend limitations. Professor Marlon M. Bailey will facilitate a conversation that includes queer theory, Black LGBTQ cultural formations, performance, and more. This event is free and open to the public and will include ASL interpretation provided by student interpreters from St. Louis Community College.
2023 Peterson Photography Lecture Series: Dr. Krista Thompson
The Art History Program, Fine and Performing Arts, and the Peterson Lecture Fund, with support from African American Studies, Communications, and the ATLAS Program present an upcoming talk at St. Louis University with Dr. Krista Thompson for the 2023 Peterson Photography Lecture Series. Dr. Krista Thompson is an endowed professor at Northwestern who specializes in African and Diaspora Visual Studies, Art History, film, photography, and new media. She will be speaking on her forthcoming book: The Evidence of Things not Pictured: On Photographic Disappearance and the Archive in Jamaica.
Anheuser-Busch Auditorium in Cook Hall | St. Louis University
2023 Peterson Photography Lecture Series: Dr. Krista Thompson
The Art History Program, Fine and Performing Arts, and the Peterson Lecture Fund, with support from African American Studies, Communications, and the ATLAS Program present an upcoming talk at St. Louis University with Dr. Krista Thompson for the 2023 Peterson Photography Lecture Series. Dr. Krista Thompson is an endowed professor at Northwestern who specializes in African and Diaspora Visual Studies, Art History, film, photography, and new media. She will be speaking on her forthcoming book: The Evidence of Things not Pictured: On Photographic Disappearance and the Archive in Jamaica.
Anheuser-Busch Auditorium in Cook Hall |
On 24 May 2010, soldiers and police officers—with the aid of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security—entered the West Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens in search of Christopher “Dudus” Coke. Coke became a fugitive after the United States sought his extradition. After almost four days, at the end of this operation, Coke remained at large, but at least 69 civilians—mostly young black men—and 3 members of the security forces lay dead and with two others disappeared. Examining photographs, surveillance footage, artistic, and archival projects related to the massacre, Dr. Thompson asks why the hunt for a single fugitive led to the detainment, containment, and killing of so many. The talk discusses strategies for critically reassessing the evidence of things not captured in the widely accepted visual and discursive formations surrounding the event and in narratives of state violence in Jamaica more generally.
A play about Black life in the Chestnut Valley, just 17 square blocks and the center of the universe. Ragtime was perfected here, Cocaine Lil was popular, Frankie shot Johnny, and a Black woman's theme song, stolen, became the toast of Europe. A Mary Meachum Underground Railroad Celebration Event.
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The St. Louis Attitude
A play about Black life in the Chestnut Valley, just 17 square blocks and the center of the universe. Ragtime was perfected here, Cocaine Lil was popular, Frankie shot Johnny, and a Black woman's theme song, stolen, became the toast of Europe. A Mary Meachum Underground Railroad Celebration Event.
All are welcome at the Greenwood Cemetery Family & Friends Day, Saturday Sept. 23, 2023, Noon-3pm.
6571 Saint Louis Ave, Hillsdale MO 63121
Greenwood Cemetery Family & Friends Day
All are welcome at the Greenwood Cemetery Family & Friends Day, Saturday Sept. 23, 2023, Noon-3pm.
6571 Saint Louis Ave, Hillsdale MO 63121 |
Come to learn more about one of the oldest and largest yet forgotten historically Black cemeteries in Saint Louis, Missouri and a non-profit group’s journey to teach its history, restore, maintain and preserve its legacy. Enjoy refreshments, games, mini tours, and more.
Join us November 8, 2023, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Cupples II L009 to learn more about the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program.
Cupples II, L009
Mellon Mays Information Session
Join us November 8, 2023, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Cupples II L009 to learn more about the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program.
Cupples II, L009 |
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program encourages talented students to develop their academic interests to the fullest, obtain PhDs, and pursue careers in higher education. Washington University joins 46 other colleges and universities as well as the 39 member institutions of the United Negro College Fun in this effort. The program is open to students majoring in a wide-range of fields, who show a demonstrated commitment to increasing cross-racial and ethnic understanding, and who are American citizens or permanent residents.
