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October 18, 2021

Download PDF here   THE BLACK FILM AMBASSADOR: THE ECSTATIC WORLD OF ALBERT JOHNSON    Josslyn Luckett    In 1958,  when Ernest Callenbach was seeking “co-conspirators” to create a “serious American film magazine,” Pauline Kael directed him to Albert Johnson. Together, the two of them and Colin Young, then a UCLA professor, dreamed up and brought into being the journal before you now.1 Knowing that a Black film critic and professor, Pacific Film Archive (PFA) collaborator, and long-time San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) programmer was part of this journal’s origin story is enough to make me—a recently arrived Black…

September 20, 2021

Job link here   Job #JPF03145 African Am Studies / College of Letters & Science - Social Sciences / UC Berkeley POSITION OVERVIEW Position titles: Assistant Professor  Associate Professor, Full Professor  Anticipated start: July 1, 2022 APPLICATION WINDOW Open September 14th, 2021 through Monday, Oct 18, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) POSITION DESCRIPTION The University of California, Berkeley seeks applicants for two positions, one tenure-track (Assistant Professor) to join the Department of African American Studies and one tenured (Associate or Full Professor) to join the School of Social Welfare. Both hires are part of a multi-year hiring initiative in “Anti-Black Racism…

July 13, 2021

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June 10, 2021

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April 16, 2021

March 10, 2021

View this email in your browser Recognizing the Legacies of Black Women at Cal Members of the 1921 Rho Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, University of California, Berkeley (left to right): Virginia Stephens, Oreatheal Richardson, Myrtle Price (in back), Ida Jackson (sorority president), Talma Brooks, and Ruby Jefferson. (Photo courtesy of Stephens Family papers, African American Museum and Library at Oakland) BSFO acknowledges and celebrates the phenomenal legacy of Black womxn at Cal who are, or have been, staff, faculty, students, contributors, community members, etc. on campus since 1909. We extend our appreciation for you, and THANK YOU for your tremendous impact.…

February 17, 2021

Language is more than how we speak — it’s home By Anne Brice, Berkeley News, and Ivan Natividad| FEBRUARY 16, 2021 Listen here Subscribe to Fiat Vox. See all podcast episodes. This episode features African American Studies Lecturer, Rose Wilkerson.     

February 3, 2021

Published by the Black Staff & Faculty Organization at UC Berkeley. To view in a browser click here. February 2021 Newsletter   Dear BSFO Family, While we wish that we could celebrate Black History Month together in-person this year, we are grateful for everyone's health and safety and are SO excited for the amazing BHM programming happening on campus and with BSFO cohorts throughout the UC! We are working to make sure we highlight all the events going on this month, and please let us know if there is an event, announcement, or concern you would like to lift up…

August 4, 2020

"Berkeley Conversations: Race & The Criminal Justice System" featuring African American Studies Professor, Nikki Jones. Link: https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/07/28/race-the-criminal-justice-system/

August 20, 2019

https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/08/15/campus-to-mark-400th-anniversary-of-slave-ships-arrival-in-america/