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  • February 2022

  • Mon 7

    Lessons for the 21st Century: The Promise and Practices of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

    February 7, 2022 @ 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

    The lives of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and El Hajj Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X) are often presented as examples of diverging strategies and philosophies. Recent work by Peniel E. Joseph, The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., posits new understanding about the...

  • Mon 14

    A Love Balm for the Ages: Music and Wellness in the African Diaspora

    February 14, 2022 @ 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

    Meagan Sylvester (Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies, Trinidad and Tobago), Brigitta Johnson (University of South Carolina), and Michelle Scott (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) have a round table discussion on the healing aspects of Black music. Explore how music in the Diaspora entertains, uplifts, and activates communities toward self-awareness, self-love, self-care, and self-advocacy. Presented by Africana Studies in celebration of Black History Month. Register at https://tinyurl.com/532kp74s

  • Fri 18

    Publish & Flourish: A guide to Successful Manuscript Submission with Debbie Gershenowitz, Executive Editor of the University North Carolina Press

    February 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

    Ever wonder what academic publishers may be looking for in a good book? Need help with how to craft a manuscript proposal? Have questions on whether your book should go to a "trade" publisher? Join Africana Studies as Debbie Gershenowitz, Executive Editor at UNC Press provides the nuts and bolts to a successful manuscript proposal. Register at https://tinyurl.com/2p8zz6ee

  • Fri 25

    Black Men Teach: Hip Hop Cypher and Poetry Slam

    February 25, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
  • Mon 28

    Womanish Ways: Self-Making and Self-Care Practices in the African Diaspora

    February 28, 2022 @ 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

    Join us for a roundtable discussion on the contours of self-care as a radical practice by Black women with our guests Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Stephanie Evans, Aimee Meredith Cox, Cynthia Greenlee and Kay Whitehead. Register at https://tinyurl.com/2mkcx56f

  • March 2022

  • Wed 2

    Spring African Film Series: The Man Who Mends Women

    March 2, 2022 @ 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Fri 4

    Publish and Flourish: Sit ‘N’ Write

    March 4, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

    Come with work in process & join us for: Community Writing, Guest Writing Coaches, Constructive Feedback, Support Register in advance at https://tinyurl.com/2wcekpam

  • Wed 9

    Are We Safe Yet? The Stripping of Roe v Wade

    March 9, 2022 @ 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

    This round table discussion will focus on the increased attempts to reverse Roe V Wade and the use of strategies that empower citizens to intrude on the personal choices of others. Panel discussion with w/ Dr. Cythnia Greenlee

  • Wed 16

    QC Africana Brown Bag Series: Empathy and Race in Octavia Butler’s Kindred: Insights from the Archives

    March 16, 2022 @ 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Fri 18

    How to be heard: The Empowerment of Women of Color in the Academy with Dr. Menah Pratt Clark, Virginia Tech Vice President for Strategic Affairs and Vice Provost for Inclusion and Diversity

    March 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

    Register at https://tinyurl.com/4nv2ffn9

  • Fri 18

    Publish and Flourish: Sit ‘N’ Write

    March 18, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

    Come with work in process & join us for: Community Writing, Guest Writing Coaches, Constructive Feedback, Support Register in advance at https://tinyurl.com/2wcekpam

  • April 2022

  • Fri 1

    Closing the Deal: Grant Writing in the Humanities 2.0 with Dr. Shanna Benjamin, Mellon Foundation

    April 1, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

    Register at https://tinyurl.com/2p8ayd2n

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