Fall 2024

The Department of African American Studies and UC Berkeley Librarians present Library Pop Up!    Join us for Black books, Caribbean food, and community!  Tuesday September 24, 2024 3-5PM  Erskine A. Peters Reading Room  675 Social Sciences Building (ADA accessible), Erskine A. Peters Reading Room    Please RSVP to attend. Caribbean food from Coco Breeze provided with vegan and gluten-free options.    If you have any questions about accessibility or require accommodations to participate in this event, please contact Barbara Montano at bmontano14@berkeley.edu or call 510.644.4324 with as much advance notice as possible.   Organized by Michele McKenzie, Jennifer Brown, Sine…

Please register to attend.  Join the Department of African American Studies and EastSide Arts Alliance for a conversation on abolition, decolonization, and education with local and international movement activists. Arrive early to check out Bandung Books and the latest exhibit in EastSide’s gallery. Geo Maher’s books will be available for purchase at Bandung Books. Refreshments will be served. Geo Maher is an abolitionist educator, organizer, and writer based in Philadelphia. He has taught previously at the University of Pennsylvania, Vassar College, Drexel University, San Quentin State Prison, and the Venezuelan School of Planning in Caracas, and has held visiting positions at the CUNY Graduate Center,…

Please register to attend.  We stumble through 2024 in search of new political coordinates. Long gone is the myth of the end of history, and today we instead confront sharp questions about the fraught tangle of race, class, and gender. Explosive struggles against racist police brutality and colonial domination worldwide remind us that the work of the past remains largely unfinished. Our moment needs urgent decoding, and we have no Rosetta Stone better suited to the task than W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction. This presentation, the product of a forthcoming collective volume on Du Bois’ text, provides a broad overview of…

Please register to attend.  Monday, September 16, 12:00 – 2:00 pm 675 Social Sciences Building, Erskine A. Peters Reading Room, Department of African American Studies Join the Department of African American Studies for an informal lunch with Geo Maher, Coordinator of the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction. All UC Berkeley students are invited to discuss abolition, political organizing, and more with Geo. Lunch will be provided, vegetarian and vegan options will be available. Please contact Barbara Montano at bmontano14@berkeley.edu if you have any allergies or other dietary needs. If you require an accommodation for effective communication…