Please join us for our open house. Everyone is welcome to come learn about course offerings, events the center has planned for fall, and meet faculty and fellow students!
Associate Professor and Chair, Jovan Scott Lewis, of the Department of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley will be giving a talk titled "Relational Repair: Black Life Beyond Injury" His talk is in conjunction with the JHU Department of Anthropology.
Assistant Professor, Myisha Cherry, of the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside will be giving a talk titled “Radicalized Forgiveness” Her talk is in conjunction with the JHU Department of Philosophy.
Stuart Hall, Cultural Studies, and the Furtherance of American Imperialism in the 1980s. Co-sponsored with the Program in Racism, Immigration and Citizenship
Crystal Eddins, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh "Envisioning Maroon Futures" Olin Hall 305 This event is part of the Center for Africana Studies 2023 - 2024 Speaker Series.
Join the Center for Africana Studies, Inheritance Baltimore, Racism and Immigration and Transform Mid-Atlantic we discuss important community issues ranging from housing, eminent domain, arts and cultural work in Baltimore, neighborhood organizing, Black museums and more.
"Black Belt Brooklyn: Black Social Life and Community Self Reliance in the Late 20th Century" Amaka Okechukwu, Associate Professor, George Mason University Hodson 210 This event is part of the Center for Africana Studies 2023 - 2024 Speaker Series.
Yanilda Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Public Policy Harvard University Talk Location: TBA This event is part of the Center for Africana Studies 2023 – 2024 Speaker Series.
Keith Wailoo, Princeton University Lecture 1: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 2:30 PM Liberation Doses: Drugs in the History of Black Wellbeing from Slavery to Freedom (19th century) Lecture 2: Thursday, March 14, 2024 @ 2:30 PM Junkie Wellbeing: Living at Edge of Creative Liberation and Demise (20th century) Lecture 3: Friday, March 15, 2024 @ 2:30 […]
Helena Hicks Speaker Series Hosted by: The JHU Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts 5:45 pm Wine Reception featuring the Peabody Graduate Jazz Ensemble 6:30 pm Dr. Raynetta Wiggins-Jackson: Africana Archives Curatorial Fellow for Inheritance Baltimore and the Billie Holiday Center Ethels Place: Celebrating Ethel Ennis "Baltimore's First Lady of Jazz"
Debra Thompson Associate Professor of Political Science, McGill University This lecture is part of the Center for Africana Studies 2023 – 2024 Speaker Series.
"Obour Tanner Remembers Phillis Wheatley; or How to Remember a (Famous) Friend"