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2007-2008 Archived Center Events

Date
 Event

 Tuesday,
Sept 11
1-2 p.m.

 Freshman Open House 2007 - 2008 academic year
Stanhope Hall, Seminar Room
Wednesdays,
beginning
Sept. 26
4:30-6:00pm		  Faculty-Graduate Seminar
Stanhope Hall, Seminar Room

 Sunday,
Sept. 30
2:00 pm
Performance
STICK FLY at Berlind Theatre
Conversation with
Playwright, Lydia Diamond and
Director, Shirley Jo Finney

Tuesday,
October 2
4:30 pm

 Saturday,
October 6
10-11am

 Assoc. of Black Princeton Alumni
CAAS Open House

Saturday,
October 6
11:00am

  Lecture by Daphne Brooks
Bring the Pain: The Politics of Black Comedy and Satire
in the Post-Civil Rights Era
McCormick 101
Tuesday,
October 16
12:00
  Seminar - Kim Smith
Understanding Environmental Justice
Guyot Hall- M171
 Thursday,
October 25
4:30-6:00		  Critical Encounters Series
Joan Scott and Julie Suk:  "Secularism as Religious Discrimination?" (a conversation)
010 East Pyne
Tuesday,
November 13
6:00 pm

 Lecture by Majora Carter

Founder & Exec. Director,
Sustainable South Bronx, Inc.
 Frist 302
Nov. 29-30

 'Ain't that a Groove': The Genius of James Brown Symposium
Richardson Theatre
 Tuesday,
Feb. 5
7:00 pm		  Krista Tippett Lecture
McCosh 50
Friday,
Feb. 8
12:00 pm		 Workshop in American Studies
Imani Perry, "Exceptionally Yours: Racial Escape Hatches in Contemporary U.S. Culture"
location: tbd
Tuesday,
Feb. 12
4:30 pm

Workshop in American Studies
Nell Irvin Painter
 " Was Marie White?: The Trajectory of a Question in the United States”
210 Dickinson Hall
Alternate Wednesdays,
beginning
Feb. 13
4:30-6:00pm		 Faculty-Graduate Seminar
Stanhope Hall, Seminar Room
Thursday,
Feb. 21
10:00 am		 NJ State Black History Month Symposium
Celebrating 60 Years of Integration in New Jersey Public Schools
Richardson Auditorium
Friday,
Feb. 29
3:30 pm		 The Opportunity of Crisis: Integrating the University of Alabama
A panel discussion including former U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach,  John Doar, who prosecuted the Mississippi Burning Trial, and filmmaker, Bob Drew. Moderated by Professors Val Smith and Sean Wilentz. 
McCosh 50

Thursday,
March 6
4:30pm

 Reading and Book Signing by Randall Kennedy
Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal
Chancellor Green Rotunda
Reception to follow
Tuesday,
March 25
8:00 pm		 Toni Morrison Lecture
Edwidge Danticat
“Create Dangerously - The Immigrant Artist at Work”
Richardson Auditorium
Tickets are required for this event. 
Free tickets are available at Stanhope Hall Monday-Friday from 10am-5pm
or call University Ticketing Office at 609-258-9220
Wednesday,
March 26
6:00 pm

Chinua Achebe (conversation with K. Anthony Appiah)
Nassau Presbyterian Church
Tuesday,
April 1
8:00 pm		 African American Politics Today: A Princeton Student Film Project
Computer Science 104
Thursday,
April 3
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Colloquium on Challenging Africa Development Paradigms - Afternoon Session, Day 1
Conflicts in Africa: Where, Why
Robertson Hall Bowl 1
Democracy, Development and the Challenge of Human Rights
Prof. Simon Gikandi, English, Princeton University
Do your politics in Nairobi and leave us alone: The Kenyan Politician as the enemy of the people
Prof. Mahiri Mwita, Comparative Literature, Princeton University
Tuesday,
April 8
4:00 pm		 Sophmore Open House
Stanhope Hall - Seminar room 101
Wednesday,
April 9
7:00 pm		 Dominican Tolkiens: Diasporic Nerdiness and the Quest for the Divine
Junot Diaz in Conversation with Prof. Al Raboteau and Emily Raboteau
McCormick 101
Book signing and reception to follow
Friday,
April 18
4:30 pm		 Campaign '08: Race, Gender & Religion
Rountable discussion
Friend Center 101
Tuesday,
April 22
5:30 pm		 Baldwin Lecture
Bonnie Bassler
So You Want to be a Doctor: Diversity and Scientific Research
McCormick 101
Mon-Tues,
April 28-29
 Environmental Justice Conference
April 28, 4:30 - McCosh 50
April 29, 8:00-5:00 - Frist Multi-Purpose Room
Tuesday,
April 29
4:30pm		 "Reading a Singular Example"
Gayatri Spivak, Department of English and Comparative Literature,  Columbia University and Visiting Professor,  Center for African-American Studies and Department of English,  Princeton University
East Pyne 111
Reception to follow in the Thorp Library, 22 McCosh Hall.
Thursday,
May 15
4:30 pm		 Kwame Anthony Appiah Book Symposium
Celebrating the release of  "Experiments in Ethics"
Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture

Sunday,
June 1
5:00 pm

 Sankofa, Third Annual Pan-African Graduation Ceremony for the Princeton University Class of 2008, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
Monday,
June 2
1:00 pm		 Class Day
Stanhope 101
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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