Critical Conversations 2021-22: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of June Jordan

Time: 12:00 PMDate: 09/20/2021 - 04/04/2022

The Department of African American Studies at UC Berkeley’s 2021-22 Critical Conversations speaker series is organized as a celebration of the life and legacy of June Jordan, a gifted and prolific writer, a powerful activist, an innovative teacher and a longtime member of our Department. Fall 2021 will be devoted to June’s activist work, her prose and her architectural imaginary. Spring 2022 will be devoted to her work as a poet and teacher. Building on our successful Spring 2021 series celebrating Dr. Barbara Christian and exploring the concept of abolition democracy, this series continues to ask: what are the lessons of the Black Feminist, Black Radical, and Black intellectual traditions for our moment and what is the role of Black Studies in building more just futures?

Fall 2021

A Place of Rage: June Jordan and her Circle

Monday, September 20, 2021 @noon PST

Angela Y. Davis and Pratibha Parmar

BAMPFA will stream A Place of Rage (dir. Pratibha Parmar, 1991) September 10-October 10, 2021 free of charge https://bampfa.org/event/streaming-place-rage

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Skyrise: June Jordan’s Architectural Imaginary

Monday, October 4, 2021 @noon PST

Olalekan Jeyifous, Brandi Summers, and Mabel O. Wilson

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Black Girlhood, Truth and Transformation

Monday, November 15, 2021 @noon PST

Cat Brooks, Kenly Brown, and Holly Joshi

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Spring 2022

Learning from June Jordan: A Poetry for the People Conversation

Monday, February 28, 2022 @noon PST