Spring 2018
Tue., Feb. 6 | 5—6:30 PM
Remaking Black Power Reception and Book Signing
Ashley Farmer, Asst. Professor of History and African American Studies, Boston University
Location: African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort St., Brookline
Fri., Feb. 9 | 12–2:00 PM
Minority Connection Initiative “Professor Office Hours”, featuring Dr. Ashley Farmer
Location: African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort St., Brookline, MA
Fri., Feb. 9 | 2:30—5:00 PM
AFAM Studies Program Book Sale
Everything Sells $5 or Less
Location: African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort St., Brookline
Sat., Feb. 17 | 2:45pm
AFAM Studies and UMOJA sponsor a Marvel Studios’ Black Panther Screening
Location: AMC Loews Boston Common Theater 19, 175 Tremont St., Boston
On Campus event:
Sun., Feb. 18 | 9—5:00 PM
GET TO THE ROOT: Unearthing Oppression and Cultivating Change
BUNITED Student Diversity Conference
Location: George Sherman Union Conference Auditorium, 2nd Floor,
775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
Thu., Feb. 22 |6—7:00 PM
In Your Own Words: Student Spoken Word Event
Location: SAR 102, Sargent College Building, 635 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215
Mon., Feb. 26 | 6—8:00 PM
Pornography, Perversion, Play: Black Women and Radical Sex
Moderated by Kirin Wachter-Grene, Lecturer, New York University
Speakers: Mireille Miller-Young, Assoc. Professor of Feminist Studies, U. of California, Sta Barbara; Ariane Cruz, Assoc. Professor of Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Penn State University
Co-Sponsored by the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
Location: BU Photonics Center, Rm. 206, 8 St. Mary’s Street
Tue., Mar. 20 | 6—7:30 PM
Stealing Culture: The Complicated Politics of Cultural Appropriation
Special Guest: Dr. Adrienne Keene, Asst. Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies, Brown University
Panelists: Dr. Saida Grundy, Asst. Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Boston University; Dr. Joseph Rezek, Associate Professor of English, Boston University; Dr. Takeo Rivera, Asst. Professor of English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Boston University
Student-Led Forum and Panel Discussion on Race
Location: BU Photonics Center, Rm. 206, 8 St. Mary’s Street
Tue., Mar. 27 | 6—8:00 PM
Voices of Black Mobilization in Boston: From Busing to Black Lives Matter
Moderated by Robert Eschmann, Asst. Professor of Social Work, Boston University
Speakers: Tony Van Der Meer, Sr Lecturer, UMASS Boston; Lisa Owens, City Life / Vida Urbana; Kevin Peterson, The New Democracy Coalition; Sara-Ann Shaw, Boston Northern Student Movement (1960’s) / WBZ-TV (retired); Yvette Modestin, Encuentro Diáspora Afro
Sponsored by the School of Social Work, and the African American Studies Program at Boston University
Location: BU Photonics Center, Rm. 206, 8 St. Mary’s Street
Tue., April 17 | 5—6:30 PM
Global Blackness: Representing Polyvalence in the Diaspora
Michelle Wright, Professor of English, Emory College
Sponsored by the Department of English, and the African American Studies Program at Boston University
Location: African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort St., Brookline
Sat., May 19 | 2—3:30 PM
African American Studies Program Convocation
Location: African American Studies Program Building, 138 Mountfort St., Brookline