Upcoming Events

PUBLIC EVENTS Performances of ‘Tasha THURSDAY–FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19–21 Durham Studio Theater • Dwinelle Hall Free for Berkeley Students • $35 General Admission Written and performed by Cat Brooks, this one-woman show tells the story of Natasha McKenna who died in 2015 at age 37 while in police custody in Fairfax, VA. Cat Brooks in Conversation with Margo Hall FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 4pm–5:30pm 650 Social Sciences Building Free • No Reservation Required Cat Brooks and longtime collaborator Margo Hall (performer, theater-maker, and educator) will discuss their community-centered artistic practices. White Supremacy: Black Trauma & Healing Justice SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1pm–3pm Bancroft…

Bells on the Hill: Rage and Slavery’s Postbellum Madness  Professor Micah Khater  Monday, October 2nd  12:15 to 1:45 pm  Social Sciences Building, Room 650 Albert Johnson Conference Room  This paper examines how objects from slavery forged a relationship between the antebellum and the postbellum and how formerly enslaved people contested these invocations of the past through material remembrance, rage, and stories of white madness. By tracing the life of one object, the bell rack, I explore the profound complexities of theorizing madness, disability, and slavery. Insanity is often marshalled against the possibility of Black rage. But what happens when descriptions…

Sponsor(s): Canadian Studies Program, Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco, School of Education, Center for Race and Gender, Department of African-American Studies   The disparate and disproportionate involvement of African American families in the child welfare system has been well documented, but research examining the experiences of African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) Canadian families in child welfare is emerging in Canada. In the province of Ontario, recent studies find that Black families are represented in the child welfare system at disproportionate and disparate rates. Experiences of Black youth, caregivers, and workers also highlight differential and punitive treatment within the system. These findings have given…

In the summer of 2023, Eritrean Government-sponsored Diaspora Festivals have been the center of attention in many western countries. At these many festivals, supporters and opponents of the Eritrean government have clashed, leading to violence and termination of festivals by host countries in Europe, the UK, Canada, USA and Israel. After the September 2 clashes in Tel Aviv, Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “We want harsh measures against the rioters, including the immediate deportation of those who took part.” Yemane G. Meskel – Eritrea’s Minister of Information stated in his latest on X, formerly known as Twitter, “Eritrean festivals are targeted…

Sponsor(s): Center for Research on Social Change, Townsend Center for the Humanities, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies Stephen Small, Director, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, and Professor, African American Studies, UC Berkeley With Ula Y. Taylor, Professor of African American Studies & 1960 Chair of Undergraduate Education, UC Berkeley, as respondent Tens of thousands of plantations, buildings, work structures and gardens currently comprise a tourist infrastructure of the southern heritage industry. Louisiana is one of the most prominent and frequently visited states that benefit from this tourism and has more than sixty heritage sites housed…

Roderick E. Jackson and april l. graham-jackson Worth Ryder Art Gallery | UC Berkeley Exhibition Opening Reception | August 30, 2023 from 5:00pm-7:00pm Blackchicagoland.com Event Details Wednesday, August 30th 5:00-7:00PM Worth Ryder Art Gallery at UC Berkeley, 116 Anthropology and Art Practice Building Featuring Duane E. Powell, legendary DJ and Black House Kid, spinning Chicago house music Opening remarks at 5:30PM “The biggest secret in Chicago is that Chicago was founded by a Black man.” –Lerone Bennett Jr.  Inspired by Black life across Chicagoland, “Black chicagoland is…” emerges as a multi-sensory installation conceived by Roderick E. Jackson and april l. graham-jackson. “Black chicagoland is…” brings together…