‘Busting the Business Model of Trafficking:’ Eritrean Refugees, EU Migration Policy in Libya and the Politics of Transit
The Department of African & African American Studies welcomes Dr. Fiori Berhane of Brown University, Department of Anthropology
Past Events
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Impacting Culture: Germany's African Diaspora Lecture Series - "Rethinking Black Feminist Solidarity in Germany"
Tiffany Florvil, Associate Professor of History at the University of New Mexico, will give the first lecture in our "Impacting Culture: Germany's African Diaspora" lecture series.
Art of the Healing Gods: Mystic Pots, Sacred Bundles, & Collective Selfhood in Black Atlantic Religions
The Department of African & African American Studies welcomes Dr. Kyrah Daniels of Boston College, Departments of Art History and African & African Diaspora Studies
Environmental Racism in the context of Climate Change, Air Pollution & Neighborhood Design
The Department of African & African American Studies welcomes Dr. Melissa Scott of Duke University, Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity.
Swamp Capitalism: Environmental Racism in South Louisiana Landscapes
The Department of African & African American Studies welcomes Dr. Robin McDowell of Harvard University, Department of African and African American Studies.
Picturing Lagos: Photography and African Visual Histories
The Department of African & African American Studies welcomes Dr. Olubukola Gbadegesin of St Louis University,
Departments of African-American Studies and
Fine and Performing Art, and Art History
"Bloodied Waters, Hidden Histories: Race, Terror and the Unmaking of Freedom"
Washington University Libraries Faculty Book Talk with Sowande Mustakeem.
"Singing Schubert, Hearing Race: Debating Blackness, Whiteness, and German Music in Interwar Era Central Europe"
Kira Thurman, Assistant Professor of History and German at the University of Michigan
Black Girlhood Studies Lab in Conversation with Dr. LeConté Dill
In this conversation, Dr. Leconté Dill will share her expertise in public health, Black girls, and creative projects as contributions to the field of Black girlhood studies.
Black Canvas: Virtual Art and Black Aesthetic
Please join us for Damon Davis' third and final talk as AFAS's artist-in-residence!
MMUF Book Talk with Shanna Greene Benjamin
Dr. Shanna Greene Benjamin examines Nellie McKay's path through the professoriate to learn about the strategies, sacrifices, and successes of contemporary Black women in the American academy.
"Race + Sorting Algorithms? The New Sexual Racism in Online Dating"
Professor Apryl Williams, University of Michigan, Department of Communication & Media and the Digital Studies Institute
"Transforming Misogynoir through a Digital Health Practice"
Assistant Professor Moya, Bailey Northeastern University, Department of Africana Studies and the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
"'Do It for the Culture': Crafting and Archiving Community through Black Digital Media Practices"
Raven Maragh-Lloyd, Gonzaga University
"Doing Race Online: An Exploration of Race-Making on Social Media Platforms"
Amber Hamilton,University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Department of Sociology
Disembodied Punishment: Structural Violence in Alternative Schooling
A talk by AFAS Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Kenly Brown
What kind of racial reckoning is this? Black LGBTQ Practices of Care amid Spatial Marginalization
Marlon M. Bailey, PhD, MFA is an Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and Women and Gender Studies & American Studies at Arizona State University.
Countering Legacies of Racial Violence
Does anti-racist memory work offer a durable antidote to legacies of racial violence?
Where Black Education Lives: The Convergence of History, Community, Policy, and Practice
Join Dr. Elizabeth Todd-Breland and Dr. Bianca J. Baldridge for this timely and important discussion. Dr. Todd-Breland is author of the award-winning book A Political Education: Black Politics and Reform in Chicago since the 1960s (UNC Press, 2018), associate professor of history at the University of Illinois-Chicago, and a member of the Chicago Board of Education. Dr. Bianca Bladridge is author of the award-winning book, Reclaiming Community: Race and the Uncertain Future of Youth Work (Stanford Press, 2019), associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and former 20-year youth worker. Dr. Michelle A. Purdy, Wash U associate professor of Education and affiliated faculty with African and African-American Studies and Urban Studies, will serve as moderator.