2006-2007 Archived Center Events

Date
Event
Wednesday
Sept. 27, 2006
6-8 p.m.
Beginning of the Year Reception
Prospect House

Thursday-Saturday Sept. 28-30, 2006

Coming Back and Looking Forward: A Princeton University Conference for Black Princeton Alumni. See further event details on the Alumni Association site.
Friday-Saturday
Oct. 6-7, 2006
An Interdisciplinary Conference on "Ambiguous Adventure in Modernity: Globalization, Identities and Differences"
Computer Science Building, Room 104
Friday-Saturday
Oct. 20-21, 2006
7:30-9 p.m.

Inaugural Toni Morrison Lectures
Cornel West: "The Gifts of Black Folk in the Age of Terrorism."
McCosh 50

Thursday-Saturday
Nov. 9-11, 2006
Kaleidoscope: An Alumni Conference on Race and Community at Princeton University. See further details on the Alumni Association site.
Wednesday
Nov. 15, 2006
4:30-6 p.m.
Daphne A. Brooks' Book Party
CAAS, One Palmer Square, Suite 315
Tuesday,
Dec. 5, 2006
4:30 p.m.

Contemporary Poetry Colloquium
Tracy K. Smith and Mendi Obadike:
"Poets in Conversation" McCosh 40
Reception to follow in the Thorp Library,
22 McCosh Hall.

Wednesday,
Dec. 6, 2006
4:30 p.m.
Postcolonial Colloquium
Daphne Brooks and Anne Cheng:
"Presenting Josephine Baker" McCormick 104
Reception following the talk in the Thorp Library,
22 McCosh Hall.
Thursday,
Dec. 7, 2006
6-8 p.m.
Holiday Party
Prospect House, Room G
Monday,
Jan. 15, 2007
1 p.m.

King Day celebration focuses on music
Richardson Auditorium of Alexander Hall. 
MLK - Please Save the Date and Join Us

Thursday,
Feb. 8, 2007
4:30-6 p.m.

Book Party - Marie Griffith and Barbara Savage
Women and Religion in the African Diaspora
Chancellor Green Rotunda

Thursday,
Feb. 22, 2007
4:30 p.m.
Critical Encounters Series: Fictions of the Archive
Saidiya Hartman and Yvette Christianse
101 McCormick
Feb.-Mar., 2007 Film Series - Women's History Month

Monday,
Mar. 5, 2007
5:00 p.m.

A Conversation with Kenny Leon
Director of McCarter Theatre's production- August Wilson's "Radio Golf"
McCosh 4

Thursday
Mar. 8, 2007
4:30 p.m.

Must We Mean What We See?
Darby English, University of Chicago
McCormick 106

Tuesday,
Mar. 13, 2007
4:30-6 p.m.

Book Party - Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America
Prospect House

Tuesday,
Mar. 13, 2007
7:30 p.m.

Sweet Tea Production: A Performance in the Words of Black, Gay Men of the  South  by  Prof. E. Patrick Johnson
Frist Theatre
Mar. 21-25, 2007
Mar. 28, 2007
4:30 p.m.

Sherman Jackson-lecture
A Black Theologian In Bukhara: Maturidism And Black Theodicy

Friend Center 004

Thursday,
Mar. 29, 2007
7:30 p.m.
August Wilson's Radio Golf
McCarter Theatre
Mar.31-Apr.29 34th Annual International Festival

Thursday,
Apr. 5, 2007
Noon-1:30 p.m.

Critical Encounters Series: The Uncovered Self in Law and Literature
Kenji Yoshino and Anne Cheng
010 East Pyne
Monday,
Apr. 9
5:30-7 p.m
James Baldwin Lecture
Leonard Barkan
McCormick 101

Wednesday,
Apr. 11
4:30 - 6 p.m.

Forward Ever, Backward Never: A Panel Discussion on the 50th Anniversary of Ghana's Liberation
219 Aaron Burr Hall

Wednesday,
Apr. 18
4:30 - 6 p.m.

Lessons from Katrina:  Learning, Service and Policy
Prof. Melissa Lacewell
101 East Pyne Auditorium
4/18-4/20 Princeton Institute for International And Regional Studies
Friday
April 20,2007
7:15 p.m.
Take Back the Night
Special Guest Speaker Rose Steward
7:15 p.m. March from Alexander Beach
8:00 p.m. Rally Frist South Lawn

Fri. - Sunday
4/20-4/22

When the Dust Settles:The Present Economic State of the Caribbean"

Tuesday,
Apr. 24
4:30 p.m.

Bling! Reflections on the Surface of the Image in Black Youth Culture
Krista Thompson, Northwestern University
McCormick 106

Wednesday
April 28, 2007

Princeton Capoeira
Annual Batizado event, Dillon Gym
Friday,
May 4, 2007
9:30-noon
Diversity in Black America: Immigration and Identity in Academia and Beyond
 Bowl 16 Robertson Hall  (Lunch to follow)    
 
Wednesday
May 9, 2007
Deadline Concentrator Registration - Class of  2007
Download Registration form here
One Palmer Square, Suite 315

Friday,
May 25
3 p.m.

Race and IQ: A Sociology and Public Affairs Symposium in Honor of Howard F. Taylor
• Symposium: 3 p.m., 300 Wallace Hall
• Reception (by Invitation Only) 5 p.m., Prospect House
Monday,
June 4, 2007
2:00 p.m.
Class Day
Seminar Room 211, Dickinson Hall
Reception to Follow in Room 210, Dickinson Hall
West-Belafonte Party

The center sponsors talks and other special events throughout the year. Above, guests attend a reception following a discussion by entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte and Professor Cornel West.


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