Dec
4
2024
Black Hot Topics
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Do Black People Police Blackness more than non-Black People? Speakers: Kineyshi Fils-Esperant & Noel Matthews
Past Events
The Allison Davis Lecture Series - Black Feminist Jurisprudence: A Tradition and an Intervention with Dr. Imani Perry
For a recording of the event, please use this link here.
Nov
20
2024
Professional Development Workshop: Dr. Aubrey Korneta
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Dr. Aubrey Korneta Presents: "NCA/TGS Introduction and an Overview of Job Search Resources"
Nov
18
2024
Black Evanston: Leadership for Growth
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Evanston is making Black history. Although Black residents comprise only 16% of Evanston’s population, Black Evanstonians currently hold many crucial...
Nov
18
2024
"The Five Demands" at Northwestern
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss Presents: “Every single kid in America: Black, brown, Asian, gay, white...Shouldn’t we make sure there is...
Nov
13
2024
Writing in Black: A Workshop Series: Natasha Trethewey
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Dr. Natasha Trethewey Presents: "Why We Write: Reflections From The House of Being With Natasha Trethewey"
Oct
30
2024
Getting to know Black Studies
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Getting to know Black Studies: a quick introduction plus food Featuring: Black Studies Professors Barnor Hesse, Kennetta Perry, kihana ross, and Nicole Spigner Black Studies Ambassadors Miracle...
Oct
29
2024
Prominent Afro-Cuban filmmaker at NU!
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Gloria Rolanda will be in conversation with historian and Cuba expert, Dr. Lisa Brock, to discuss her groundbreaking documentary on...
Oct
19
2024
Pre-screening of Juntando orillas
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Join us for a special pre-screening of the documentary Juntando Orillas, followed by an engaging conversation with the director, producers,...
Oct
18
2024
Juntando Orillas”: Bridging Afro-Diasporic Voices Through Literature
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Building on a partnership between two cultural initiatives, this panel will discuss the tensions between distinction and community, collectivization and...
Oct
17
2024
WILL (Jessie Maple, 1981) – New 4k Restoration
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
WILL (Jessie Maple, 1981, 71 min, color, DCP) The original working title of WILL (1981), the first feature film directed by Jessie...
Oct
17
2024
Crossing Waters: escrituras afrolatinoamericanas. Una conversación sobre enajenada and Tidal Waters
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
The authors Kianny Antigua and Velia Vidal will dialogue about her works with Andrea Change and Mary Hawley. “enajenada, de Kianny...
Oct
8
2024
MENA | Understanding Allied Struggles: Palestine, Turtle Island, United States
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join MENA for a conversation among leading scholars of violence, racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and militarism in Palestine, Turtle...
Oct
4
2024
Revisiting Films By Women/Chicago "74
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
ATTICA (1974) and I AM SOMEBODY (1970) (Multiple artists, 1970–1974, 16mm, approx 110 min) Showing together in a nod to their original...
May
29
2024
Black Question Time
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
The ‘Black Question Time’ Panelists are: Karen Attiah, Opinions columnist for the Washington Post https://www.karenattiah.com/ Peter Braithwaite, Director of Procurement, Diversity and Community...
May
15
2024
Black Studies Workshop
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Dr. Casidy Campbell Presents: Finding Sakia: Black Queer Blogging Culture in the Early 2000s
May
1
2024
Black Hot Topics
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Should Black Studies Use the “N-Word”?
Apr
12
2024
Writing in Black: A Workshop Series: Special session on writing group dynamics
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Special session on writing group dynamics featuring Tracy Vaughn-Manley, PhD, Nicole Spigner, PhD, Justin Mann, PhD and Petal Samuels, PhD
Apr
10
2024
Black Hot Topics
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Do Black Women Have a Moral Duty to Marry Black Men?
Mar
4
2024
Leon Forrest Panel and Concert
4:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Panel and Concert: “New Black Music (Jazz) in Chicago.” Join us for a panel...
Feb
29
2024
Lecture on Black History by Kris MANJAPRA (CCHS/CAAH)
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Joint CCHS/CAAH Distinguished lecture on Black History Kris MANJAPRA (Northeastern University), author of Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of...
Feb
28
2024
Feb
27
2024
Jazz Workshop Series: Ben LaMar Gay and Junius Paul
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Chicago Creative Music Ben LaMar Gay (cornet) and Junius Paul (bass)
Feb
15
2024
Jazz Workshop Series: Greg Ward and Marquis Hill
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Professors on the Road: Teaching while Touring Greg Ward (alto sax) and Marquis Hill (Trumpet)
Feb
14
2024
Black Studies Lunch Conversation
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
A Black Studies State of Mind? What does it mean to study and practice Black Studies? What do we do? How...
Feb
8
2024
Jazz Workshop Series: Brandee Younger
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Gender and/in Jazz Brandee Younger (harp)
Feb
7
2024
Black Hot Topics
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Is there any point to Black History Month?
Jan
31
2024
Writing in Black: A Workshop Series: Dr. Tanisha C. Ford
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Dr. Tanisha C. Ford Presents: Sensual Prose: Creating Voice and Texture in Nonfiction Writing Good nonfiction writing requires considerable research. That research...
Jan
23
2024
Jazz Workshop Series: Jeff Parker and Makaya McCraven
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Jazz Production, Race, and Improvisation Jazz Workshop Series: Jeff Parker (guitar) and Makaya McCraven (drums)
Jan
17
2024
Professional and Career Development Workshop
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Dr. Aubrey Korneta Presents: Professional and Career Development Resources and SMART Goal Setting
Jan
10
2024
Black Studies "Grounding" on War in Gaza
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
The Black Studies Department is inviting you to a “grounding session” on the catastrophe in Gaza, alongside other ongoing situations...
Nov
29
2023
Black Hot Topics
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
What's Black Studies got to do with the Israel-Palestine Colonial War
Nov
8
2023
Writing in Black: A Workshop Series: Dr. Bernard Forjwuor
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Dr. Bernard Forjwuor Presents: “Critique of Political Decolonization” Bernard Forjwuor is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at the...
Oct
25
2023
Writing in Black: A Workshop Series: Dr. Michelle Boyd
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Dr. Michelle Boyd Presents: "Tongue Tied: How to Get Unstuck & Love Your Writing Again" Many scholars worry that they are uniquely...
Oct
21
2023
Afrobeats
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Afrobeats Lower Frequencies of Contemporary African Sounds (Hybrid) Convener: Dotun Ayobade, Assistant Professor, Performance Studies/Black Studies Co-Conveners: Olabanke Goriola, PhD Student, Performance Studies Nnaemeka Ekwelum, PhD Candidate,...
Oct
20
2023
Afrobeats
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Afrobeats Lower Frequencies of Contemporary African Sounds (Hybrid) Convener: Dotun Ayobade, Assistant Professor, Performance Studies/Black Studies Co-Conveners: Olabanke Goriola, PhD Student, Performance Studies Nnaemeka Ekwelum, PhD Candidate,...
Oct
11
2023
Allison Davis Lecture featuring Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández
4:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Kelly Lytle Hernández is a professor of History, African American Studies, and Urban Planning at UCLA where she holds The...
May
22
2023
MENA Mondays: Book Talk: Sentient Flesh
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
In Sentient Flesh R. A. Judy takes up freedman Tom Windham’s 1937 remark “we should have our liberty 'cause ....
May
19
2023
Department Renaming Symposium: From "African American Studies" to "Black Studies"
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
BLACK TO FRONT: From "African American Studies" to "Black Studies" • Keynote speaker: Professor Davarian Baldwin (author, ‘In the Shadow of the...
May
3
2023
Leon Forrest Lecture featuring Professor Farah Jasmine Griffin
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Farah Jasmine Griffin is the William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature at African American Studies at Columbia...
Mar
3
2023
Reflections on the Black Public Humanities
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
This panel features Northwestern PhD students and professors who are engaged in the Black public humanities as they reflect on...
Mar
2
2023
CANCELED: Distinguished Lecture on African American History by Tomiko Brown-Nagin (CCHS/CAAH event)
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Due to unforseen circumstances, this event is CANCELED. We regret any inconvenience. Joint CCHS/CAAH Distinguished Lecture on African American History Tomiko BROWN-NAGIN...
Feb
28
2023
The Afterlives of Coral or The Persistence of Colonial Violence. A Talk by Ayana Flewellen.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Please join us for this talk by Ayana Flewellen of Stanford University. Lunch provided. Mined coral lays at the foundation of...
Feb
8
2023
Trans & Queer Resistance to Policing Workshop with Benji Hart
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by The Women's Center
We're excited to be bringing Benji Hart to NU in collaboration with the Department of African American Studies, Gender &...
Nov
30
2022
AFAM @ 50 End of Fall Celebration
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Join us to conclude a year of 50th Anniversary events and to celebrate the end of Fall Quarter! Featured panelists...
Nov
15
2022
Earthseed Family Archive Project
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by One Book One Northwestern
This Earthseed Showcase is an offering from members of the Earthseed Black Family Archive Project, a national cohort of black...
Nov
10
2022
The Allison Davis Lecture: Joy James, Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities, Williams College
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
"In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love"
Nov
1
2022
Have Confidence in the Sea: Archaeologies of Marronage
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by One Book One Northwestern
In this talk, I discuss how archaeology has contributed to our understanding of marronage in the Atlantic world. Drawing from...
Oct
25
2022
Academic Energies: A Conversation Beyond Coping - Tina Chen with Nitasha Tamar Sharma
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Academic Energies: A Conversation Beyond Coping Fall Keynote of the Kaplan Humanities Institute's 2022-2023 Dialogue, ENERGIES: A year-long conversation about energies—personal,...
Oct
18
2022
Author Clint Smith in conversation with History Professor Leslie Harris
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by One Book One Northwestern
Please join us on the Chicago and Evanston campuses for the One Book keynote with Clint Smith author of How...
Oct
9
2022
Beyoncé Mass
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by One Book One Northwestern
The “Beyoncé Mass,” a groundbreaking Christian worship service, features Beyonce’s music that celebrates the spirituality of Black women. Created and...
May
20
2022
Department of African American Studies 50th Anniversary Year
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
On October 18, 1971, in the minutes of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, the Chancellor reported the “Establishment...
May
19
2022
[CED] - Becoming Mermaid: A Virtual Performance and Discussion with Lia García and Alexis Pauline Gumbs
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by 2021-2022 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora
Join the Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED) for its end-of-year event - a virtual performance and discussion with Lia...
May
13
2022
Sami Schalk: The Black Disability Politics of the National Black Women’s Health Project
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
Dr. Sami Schalk (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Schalk’s interdisciplinary research...
May
4
2022
Go Back and Get It: Black Loss, Black Recovery, Black Resurrectionary Poetics
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Office of the Provost
Digital archives, like Black poetry that reaches back to the past, structure neighborhoods of meaning that bring home lost records...
May
2
2022
The Colored Conventions Project, Digital Humanities, and Black Interventions in the Past and Present
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Office of the Provost
Professor P. Gabrielle Foreman, Penn State University, will be in conversation with Professor Danielle Bainbridge, Northwestern, about the pathbreaking and...
Apr
13
2022
Race, Educational Neglect, and Policy at HBCUs: Remembering the Promises of Ayers
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Theopolies J. Moton, III is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He earned a B.A and...
Apr
11
2022
Freedom's Captives: Slavery and Gradual Emancipation on the Colombian Black Pacific | A conversation with Yesenia Barragan (Rutgers University)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, sponsored by Andean Cultures and Histories Working Group
Yesenia Barragan is a historian of race, slavery, emancipation, and social movements in Colombia, Afro-Latin America, and the African Diaspora...
Feb
28
2022
Martha Jones lecture on African Americans and the 19th Amendment (CAAH/CCHS)
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Joint CCHS/CAAH Distinguished lecture on African American History FREE and open to the PUBLIC hybrid event--you can attend in person or...
Feb
1
2022
AFAM @ 50: DIgging in the Archives
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
In the Fall of 1971, the Northwestern Board of Trustees established “The Department of Afro-American Studies in the College of...
Jan
13
2022
Partying with Anger: Interview with Afro-Andean Musician Yanna
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, sponsored by Andean Cultures and Histories Working Group
This conversation will feature the music and activism of Yanna. Their songs combine Afro-diasporic genres like hip-hop, dancehall, trap, reggaetón,...