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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.

 

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 ....

Mar
3
2023

Reflections on the Black Public Humanities

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by African American Studies Department

This panel features Northwestern PhD students and professors who are engaged in the Black public humanities as they reflect on...

Nov
30
2022

AFAM @ 50 End of Fall Celebration

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by African American 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...

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...

Feb
1
2022

AFAM @ 50: DIgging in the Archives

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by African American Studies Department

In the Fall of 1971, the Northwestern Board of Trustees established “The Department of Afro-American Studies in the College of...

Dec
1
2021

The Black Seminar: Black Marxism and Black Studies

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by African American Studies Department

Featuring Discussants: Minkah Makalani (Associate Professor & Director of the Center for Africana Studies, John Hopkins University) Shana Redmond (Professor of English...