Past Events

Join the Department of African American Studies for a Finals Study Jam in the Erskine A. Peters Reading Room!  Monday, April 29th, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Erskine A. Peters Reading Room, 675 Social Sciences Building  Come by to study with friends, snacks and study supplies (e.g. to-do lists, scantrons, blue books) will be available. Start Reading and Review Week strong!

Location: 820 Social Sciences Building, Social Science Matrix at UC Berkeley The Department of African American Studies Banned Scholars Program presents a conversation between Alisha Gaines and Robin D. G. Kelley. The scholars will discuss the defense of academic freedom and public higher education and the importance of Black study in the face of the current racist backlash. Alisha Gaines is the Timothy Gannon Associate Professor of Arts and Sciences in the Department of English and affiliate faculty of African American Studies at Florida State University. She is also the Co-Humanities Director of the Evergreen Plantation Archaeological Field School in Edgard, LA. She earned a…

Location: 820 Social Sciences Building, Social Science Matrix at UC Berkeley Join the Department of African American Studies for a talk from our first scholar in residence of the Banned Scholars Program: Dr. Alisha Gaines. In “Children of the Plantationocene,” Alisha Gaines considers two interrelated questions: MacArthur Genius Tiya Miles’s 2020 query in The Boston Globe, “What should we do with plantations?;” and Christina Sharpe’s question in In the Wake: On Blackness and Being, “how do we defend the dead?” In a sociopolitical moment mired by miseducation, Gaines seeks refuge in Saint Toni Morrison’s novel, A Mercy, to reconcile the place and value of the…

Location: 675 Social Sciences Building, Erskine A. Peters Reading Room Register to attend (registration is required)  Come join us for an interactive discussion with Emory Douglas, revolutionary artist for the Black Panther Party, and Rosalind McGary, a Compton based visual artist and curator! Ms. McGary and Mr. Douglas will discuss their art practice, the importance of art for movement building and answer questions from attendees. This will be a hybrid discussion with Mr. Douglas joining us on Zoom and Ms. McGary joining us in person. Please bring your questions for the artists! Space is limited, be sure to sign up!…