Upcoming Events

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Join the Department of African American Studies and the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues at UC Berkeley to celebrate Professor Stephen Small’s 30-year campus career. The retirement party will include a family-style lunch; panel discussions with and about Professor Small’s scholarship, teaching/mentorship, and contributions to campus administration; and a closing reception. Please RSVP to attend: For our in-person program Or our Zoom webinar. Note: the Zoom webinar will only cover the 1:00 – 3:00 pm PT program.  Program 11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Lunch in 650 Social Sciences Building, the African American Studies Albert Johnson Conference Room 1:00 –…

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Please join us in the Erskine A. Peters Reading Room for the first installment of our delightfully spooky Black Horror Film Series! Refreshments and scares will be provided 🎃👻

Please join us as we come together to honor those members of the African American Studies department who have become ancestors.

Please join us for the inaugural meeting of the Beyond the Veil Book Club, hosted by the Erskine A. Peters Reading Room. More details to come!

Please join us for the opening of Bossale: Inheritance, a yearlong exhibit curated by Erskine A. Peters Reading Room Attendant Mark Williams Jr., focusing on the development of the department’s undergraduate and graduate curriculum by VèVè Clark.           

Join us on October 17th, 12:00pm-1:00pm in Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center for a special conversation with veteran Black Panther, Mama C, facilitated by Ms. Daphne Muse. This event is co-organized by African American Student Development and African American Studies. Please RSVP to attend. 

Film screening and discussion with  Rachel M’Bon Filmmaker and Journalist   And Discussant Akasemi Newsome  Associate Director of Global International and Area Studies / Institute for European Studies In Switzerland, a country of neutrality, new, unfamiliar voices are being heard. Voices of women who fight for the recognition of structural racism, deconstruct stereotypes and confess their double identity as Swiss and Black. It is in this context that Rachel M’Bon begins her own search for identity. On her way to liberation, she questions her past, her present and holds up a mirror to her country and her peers. If you require…

The Departments of African American Studies and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley invite you to celebrate the life of beloved colleague, friend, and mentor, Professor Robert Allen. Community members will speak to Professor Allen’s life, work, and lasting legacy. A lunch reception will follow in 650 Social Sciences Building. Please RSVP to attend in person or register for the Zoom webinar to attend virtually. Note: the Zoom webinar will only include the 12:00-1:00 pm speaker portion of the event.