Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University, Weekly Newsletter Oct 3- Oct 9th
Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
Harvard University
Weekly Newsletter: Monday, October 3rd – Sunday, October 9th, 2016
THIS WEEK:
Wednesday, October 5th, 12:00pm
Fall Colloquium Series
Treva Lindsey
Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University
Hell You Talmbout: Contemporary Perspective on State Violence Against Black Women and Girls
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Free and open to the public. A Q+A session will follow the talk. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Thursday, October 6th, 4:00pm
Hutchins Center Honors Presents
W. E. B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony
Ursula M. Burns, Chairman & CEO of Xerox Corporation
David L. Evans, Senior Admissions Officer, Harvard University
Pam Grier, Actor & Activist
Lana “MC Lyte” Moorer, Hiphop Artist & Activist
Jessye Norman, Opera Soprano & Recitalist
David Simon, Writer & Producer
The 1966 Texas Western Miners, NCAA National Champion Men’s Basketball Team
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
NEXT WEEK:
Tuesday, October 11th, 7:00pm
Book Discussion
Karlos K. Hill
Associate Professor of African and African American Studies, University of Oklahoma
Beyond the Rope: The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory
Co-sponsored with the Harvard Coop Bookstore
Harvard Coop Bookstore, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, October 12th, 12:00pm
Fall Colloquium Series
Ivor Miller
Senior Lecturer, History & International Studies, University of Calabar, Nigeria
Cuban Lukumí Bàtá: Ajúbà to Oba Ilu
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Free and open to the public. A Q+A session will follow the talk. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Wednesday, October 12th – Thursday, October 13th
Conference
Race and Justice in the Age of Obama
Co-sponsored with the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School; the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy; and the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy.
Nye Conference Center, Taubman Building, 5th Floor, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA
Free and open to the public. Due to space limitations, registration is required to attend any of the October 13th panels.
Thursday, October 13th, 12:00pm
Brazil Studies Program Lecture
Márcia Lima
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of São Paulo
Race Issues in Brazil: A Permanent Challenge
Co-sponsored with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
CGIS South, S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Free and open to the public.
AT THE COOPER GALLERY:
The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art Presents
Carrie Mae Weems:
I once knew a girl…
On view September 20th – January 7th
Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art, Hutchins Center, 102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
Open Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm
Closed: Sunday, Monday, and on official Harvard University holidays
ART TOURS:
The Art of the Hutchins Center
Fridays at 1:00pm
Join Dr. Sheldon Cheek, Senior Curatorial Associate for The Image of the Black Archive & Library, as he leads a guided tour of The Art of the Hutchins Center. Our collection includes work by Isaac Julien, Romare Bearden, Lyle Ashton Harris, Suesan Stovall, Charles White, and Hale Woodruff, and an extensive assortment of black film posters. The tour ends with a visit to the Hiphop Archive & Research Institute, a vital and unique space at Harvard.
104 Mount Auburn Street, Floor 3R, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tours begin in the reception area on floor 3R.
LATER IN OCTOBER:
October 17th, 7:00pm. "NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE: Race and Power in America" Book Event at Cambridge Forum with Danielle Allen, Tommie Shelby, Elizabeth Hinton, and Khalil Gibran Muhammad. First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA.
October 17th, 7:00pm. Reading and Q&A with Clarence Major, Chicago Heat & Other Stories. Harvard Coop Bookstore, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA.
October 18th- 20th, 4:00pm. Nathan I. Huggins Lecture Series with Charles Bonnet, The Double Capital of Kush: Kerma and Dukki Gel. Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA.
October 19th, 12:00pm. Fall Colloquium Series with Dawn-Elissa Fischer, Decoding 'AfroAsia' in Hiphop, Anime and Manga. Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA.
October 21st, 3:00pm. Book Discussion with Natasha K. Warikoo, The Diversity Bargain: And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA.
October 25th, 7:00pm. Book Discussion with Heather Ann Thompson, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA.
October 26th, 12:00pm. Fall Colloquium Series with Marixa Lasso, Lost Towns of the Canal Zone, Erasing Modernity at the Panama Canal. Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA.
October 26th, 5:00pm. Matthiessen Lecture Series with Robert Reid-Pharr, Effective/Defective James Baldwin. Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA.
October 28th-29th. Working Group on Comparative Slavery Workshop, Slaves and the Law: Comparative Questions and Approaches. Brown University, Stephen Robert Campus Center, Petteruti Lounge, 75 Waterman Street, Providence, RI.
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