CURRENT EVENTS
Dr. Richard Pierce, Chair of Africana Studies, is the Recipient of the 2009 Charles E. Sheedy Award for Excellence in Teaching. Presentation on Thursday, September 17, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., McKenna Hall Auditorium. Reception to follow.
PAST EVENTS
A Celebration & Reunion of Black-Student Athletes: Over 60 Years of Success Thursday April 16-19, 2009 More details visit website at www.ndmonogramclub.com.
Visit from Dr. Paul Mullins, Department of Archaeology, Indiana University, Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. 126 DeBartolo Hall
Open House for Admitted Students April 16-23, 2009 Jordan Science Hall, April 27, 2009 will be held in the Rotunda, Main Building. 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Erskine Peters Dissertation Fellowship 2009 Symposium Change, Hope and Expectation: The Obama Presidency in Global Pespective, Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Eck Center Auditorium - Reception: 6:00 p.m. Symposium: 7:00 p.m.
International Festival Week (IFW) Ishmael Beah, former child soldier in Sierra Leone and author of the book A Long Way Gone. March 16, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in McKenna Auditorium, CCE.
Black Presence in the White City: Ida B Wells and the World Columbian Exposition By: James Ford, Tuesday, February 24, 339 O'Shaughenessey. 6:00 p.m.
Visit from Dr. Stephen Brighton, Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, Monday, February 23, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. DBRT 117
JPW-Junior Parents Weekend Saturday February 21, 2009 Main Building 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Obama's Impact on Diversity Wednesdy February 18, 2009 Coleman-Morse Lounge 7:00p.m.
Visit from Film Maker Charles Burnett To Sleep with Anger Thursday October 2, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
The Exiles Friday, October 3, 2008 - 6:30 pm. and 9:30 p.m.
Charles Burnett will introduce his film, /To Sleep with Anger/ (starring Danny Glover, Mary Alice, Sheryl Lee Ralph and many others) this Thursday at 7 p.m., and on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., he will also introduce /The Exiles/, a film many have compared to Burnett's /Killer of Sheep/. /Sheep/ was screened at the Browning Cinema last year.
To have a filmmaker of this stature on campus and, in particular, an African American filmmaker, is a rarity. I invite all faculty, students and staff to attend these films and have an encounter with Mr. Burnett.
Also, on Friday, October 10, Jeremy Dean will be present for the first night screening of his civil rights documentary, /Dare Not Walk Alone.
Thank you for your support of these events. I invite you to learn more about each film at performingarts.nd.edu. Group rates are available by contacting Lori Pope in the Ticket Office.
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KISS and TELL - Uncovering Black Sexuality
October 3, 2008 - 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Coleman Morse Student Lounge - sponsored by the Black Student Union
Featuring open discussions on masculinity, femininity, GLBTQ issues, hookups and relationships at Notre Dame, and intimate inquires. Please join the BSA and let your voice be heard in a night of thought provoking discussion. For more information contact: Marvin Langston - Marvin.E.Langston.2@nd.edu
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Dare Not To Walk Alone - Jeremy Dean will be present for the Screening - Friday, October 10, 2008
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PAST EVENTS
AFRICA WEEK 2008: April 13-19, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008: African Mass, Pangborn Hall, 10PM
Monday, April 14, 2008: African Food & Culture Night, COMO Student Lounge, 6 PM
Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Catholic Peacebuilding in Africa, Hesburgh Center for International Studies Auditorium, 7:45 PM
Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Service Day, Robinson Community Learning Center Day Trip to Notre Dame
Thursday, April 17, 2008: By the Fireside: African Roots in Every Garden, COMO Student Lounge, 6:30 PM
Saturday, April 19, 2008: AFRICA NIGHT, Washington Hall, 7:30 PM
Evaluating Barack Obama's Speech on Race: A Town Hall Meeting on Race Relations in America
Wednesday, April 9, 2008, McKenna Hall Auditorium, 7 PM
Our distinguished panelists will discuss the historical trajectory of race and its implications on “creating a perfect union” in America. How far have we come on race relations? Where are we going? Can we create a racially united America? We encourage you to come to this town hall meeting to voice your opinions and concerns on the issue.
March 13, 2008
Eck Vistors’ Center Auditorium, University of Notre DameReception: 6:00pm
Symposium: 7:00pm
“The Department of Africana Studies invites you to its fifth annual Peters Fellowship Symposium. The panelists will discuss political, class and social differences and other diversity issues within the black community and what this means for the broader American culture.”
Africana Studies Club Fireside Chat, December 3, 2007, Hammes Bookstore, 7:00 PM
Responding to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Power of Academic Partnerships
- A slide show presentation by Dr. Robert Einterz, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Associate Dean for International Affairs, Indiana Univesity School of Medicine
Thursday, November 15, 2006,105 Jordan Hall of Science, 7:00 PM
Martin Luther King, Jr. Presentation Series
WORLDVIEW Film Series
- Birth of a Nation (1915)AC Classic 100
Saturday, September 29, 2007, at 3:00 pm
Browning Cinema
Tickets: $6, $5 faculty/staff,
$4 seniors, and $3 all students
Directed by DW. Griffith
NR, 187 minutes, 16mm print - Deconstructing a Controversial Masterpiece, Browning Cinema, Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at 7:00 pm
Rebirth of a Nation (2004)Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at 8:00 pm
Decio Mainstage Theatre
Tickets: $15, $15 faculty/staff,
$15 seniors, and $10 all students
Rebirth of a Nation galvanizes the audience with a challenging interactive experience. Paul D. Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid) re-works, re-makes, and re-interprets one of America's most controversial films, Birth of a Nation, and calls it Rebirth of a Nation.
Karyn Lacy, author of Blue Chip Black: Race, Class and Status in the New Black Middle Class will present a lecture on “Identity Construction in Middle Class Suburbia”.
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 116 Debartolo Hall, University of Notre Dame3:00-4:30 P.M.
AFRICA WEEK: April 14-28, 2007
Fourth Annual Erskine Peters Symposium
- Thursday, March 1, 2007, Acting Black, Being Black: Images and Realities of African Americans Pop Culture
"Belly of the Basin" A Documentary on New Orleans residents post-Hurricane Katrina, Anneburg Auditorium, Snite Museum of Art
February 19, 2007
Free Admission
Reception, 6:00 PM
Viewing 7:00-8:00 PM
AFRICA WEEK (April 2-8, 2006)-Weekend Events
- Friday, April 7
Dr. Simeon Ilesanmi, Associate Professor of Religion, Wake Forest University
"National Sovereignty and the Right to Self-Determination in Africa"
DeBartolo 116, 1PM - Afrika Nite- African Students Association
Hesburgh Library Auditorium, 7-9PM - "Darwin's Nightmare" (FREE screening)
Browning Cinema/DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, 7PM and 10PM
Saturday, April 8
Keynote Speaker: Immaculee Ilibagiza
"Rwandan Geoncide 12 Years Later: Hope and Peace"
Jordan Auditorium, 5PM
April 3, 2006: Comparative Multilingualisms in Literature featuring the work of Anzaldua, Dangarembga and Djebar, Presented by Anne Donadey
210-214 McKenna Hall, 4:30 PM (Reception to follow)
March 23, 2006: Searching for African American Leadership
Erskine A. Peters Fellows Symposium
March 3-4, 2006: The 48th Annual Jazz Festival of the University of Notre Dame
Washington Hall, 6:00-11:00 PM
February 23, 2006: Black History Month Lecture "Harvesting Strange Fruit: The History of Lynching in America" by Dr. Alvin Tillery
136 DeBartolo Hall, 7 PM
February 18, 2006: DPAC Presents: Soweto Gospel Choir
February 17, 2006: Rosa Parks Memorial Concert
March 25, 2006: “African Americans in the Academy:” Annual Erskine Peters Fellows Symposium
October 5-7, 2005: "The Long Reach of African American Poetics," a mini conference celebrating the influence of African America cadences and verse