2008-2009 Archived Center Events

Date
Event

Tuesday,
September 9
1:00 - 2:00pm

 

Freshman Open House
Stanhope 101

Thursday,
November 20
4:30pm
Made in America: The History of Black Gospel Music
Teresa Reed, University of Tulsa
McCormick 101
Reception to follow

Mon., Nov. 24
4:30pm

A Reading and Book Signing by Professor Cornel West '80
Prospect House — Tickets required (available at Frist Ticket Office)
Book release party to celebrate the release of Professor West's new book, Hope on a Tightrope  (books available for sale)
co-sponsored by The Graduate School's Office of Academic Affairs & Diversity

 

Wed., Dec. 3 4:30pm

Made in America: The History of Black Gospel Music
Guthrie Ramsey, Jr., University of Pennsylvania
Special Performance by Princeton University's Gospel Ensemble
McCormick 101
Reception to follow
Sunday, February 1
2:00pm
Read in with Victoria Rowell
Princeton Public Library
Alternating Tuesdays starting February 3
4:30pm
Faculty-Graduate Seminar
Stanhope Hall
Wed., February 4
5:30pm

Celebration in honor of First Lady Michelle Obama

Nassau Inn, Tap Room

Tuesday, February 10
4:30pm
Call + Response
Screening and panel discussion with Cornel West
McCosh 50
Thursday, February 12
6:00pm
Reading with Jamaica Kincaid
McCosh 10
Friday, February 13 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Lecture
Wed., February 18
4:30pm
A Black History Month Event
Rethinking Uncle Tom

William B. Allen, Professor of Political Philosophy, Michigan State University

Sponsored by the James Madison Program In American Ideals and Institutions, cosponsored by the Center for African American Studies
Lewis Library 138
February 24-26 Orlando Patterson Lecture
Thurs., March 5 – Sat., March 7
Race & Real Estate Conference
Sponsored by J.G. Petrucci Co., Inc., James G. Petrucci ’86, president
Tuesday, March 10
12:00–1:30pm
Reparations: The Future of the Debate
Alfred Brophy, University of North Carolina Law School
5 Ivy Lane
Wednesday, March 11
5:30pm
Monk & Nellie: A Love Story
A Lecture by Robin Kelley
Robin Kelley is a short term fellow in Council of the Humanities and African American Studies.
Sponsored by the Center for African American Studies and the Council of the Humanities
McCormick 101
Thursday, March 26
4:30pm
Film Screening: La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul
Friend 101
Monday, March 30
5:30pm
The James Baldwin Lecture
(Video of lecture)
Presented by Anthony T. Grafton,
Henry Putnam University Professor of History
McCormick 101
April 2–4 Civil Rights & Religion Conference
McCormick 101 and Murray-Dodge Hall
Tuesday, April 7
4:30pm
First Person, Third Person: Existential Dialectics and African Atlantic Narrative
Presented by Laura Doyle
Stanhope Hall 201
Thursday, April 9
4:30pm Panel
7:30pm Concert
Odetta Tribute
McCosh Hall 10
Richardson Auditorium
Thu., April 16
4:30pm
Reforming Urban Education
A panel discussion with leaders in education reform, organized by the students of AAS/AMS 381 "Social Change and the City".
Bowl 02, Robertson Hall
Mon., April 20
4:30pm
A Tribute to John Hope Franklin
Friend Center Auditorium, Rm 101
Tue., April 21
12:00–1:30pm
Reparations: The Future of the Debate
Melissa Nobles, MIT Political Science
5 Ivy Lane
April 23–24 Love as the Practice of Freedom
Betts Auditorium
Wed., April 29
4:30pm
Critical Encounters Series
Theater and the Politics of the New Media: a conversation between Shannon Jackson and Marianne Weems. Sponsored by the English Department and CAAS.
McCosh 28
Tue., May 5
12:00–1:30pm
Reparations: The Future of the Debate
Adrienne Davis, Washington Univ. School of Law
5 Ivy Lane
Fri., May 8
4:30pm
A Lecture by Administrator Lisa Jackson *86
US Environmental Protection Agency
Dodds Auditorium, Roberstson Hall
April 29 – May 13 Race. Space. Place.
A Documentary Film Series
New Jersey State Museum Auditorium
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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