News & Events
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“Spotlight on Berkeley Teaching” Features AFRICAM: 116 Slavery and African American Life Before 1865
July 15, 2020
Spotlight on Berkeley Teaching exposes first-year undergraduate students to an awesome set of classes that they may not have even imagined possible. Spotlight courses invite incoming students to take a closer look at classes that enable them to encounter different ideas and perspectives and to explore intellectual areas beyond their intended major. These courses are taught by outstanding faculty instructors who are passionate about undergraduate teaching as well as their research. Spotlight on Berkeley Teaching aims to create a first-year undergraduate experience of intellectual energy and wonder that distinguishes UC Berkeley. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 116 examines the origins of the African slave…
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EVENT CANCELLED
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Berkeley to mark ‘400 Years of Resistance to Slavery and Injustice’
August 20, 2019
https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/08/15/campus-to-mark-400th-anniversary-of-slave-ships-arrival-in-america/
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400 Years of Resistance to Slavery and Injustice
August 20, 2019
This day-long symposium will kick off a year of events at UC Berkeley to mark the 400 year anniversary of the beginning of slavery in North America. The events are being co-organized by the Haas Institute, the African American studies and history departments, the African American Student Development Center, and the Black Staff & Faculty Organization. [x5_gallery id="2537"] https://400years.berkeley.edu/
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Memorial of Toni Whittle-Ciprazo
March 18, 2019
Dear all, It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that our colleague, Toni Whittle-Ciprazo, passed away after a lengthy illness. Toni was a bright light in the College of Letters and Science - serving with generosity and distinction across her long career here. She began her work on the Berkeley Campus in 1987 in the Physics Department and received numerous service awards including the Excellence in Management Award twice (2004 and 2009). Toni served as the Manager of the Art Practice Department from 2008 to 2017. In 2017 she moved from the Division of Arts and…
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African Language Program
September 24, 2018
09/24/2018 The Center for African Studies succeeded in getting both the Title VI NRC and FLAS grants from the US Department of Education. The NRC includes funds for adding courses in Amharic and Igbo, while FLAS grants will go towards supporting graduate students seeking advanced training in African languages. FLAS funds are also available to undergraduate students (with limitations), who are at the intermediate level. More information about Title VI NRC and FLAS grant are to be found in the following links: (i) FLAS: https://africa.berkeley.edu/flas (ii) Title VI Center: https://africa.berkeley.edu/titleVI 09/25/2018 Students seeking to satisfy their foreign language requirement may use Swahili…
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Spring 2016 News
February 2, 2016
(top) "The Gender of Police Violence" in TIKKUN MAGAZINE (2016) by Nikki Jones. Jones is Associate Professor of African American studies at UC Berkeley. She is the author of Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner-City Violence and a forthcoming book, The Chosen Ones: Black Men, Violence and the Politics of Redemption, from which this article is adapted. (bottom) California Winter League (2016) by Chiyuma Elliot. Elliott is an Assistant Professor of African American studies at UC Berkeley. A former Stegner Fellow, Chiyuma has published poetry in the African American Review, Callaloo, PN Review, and other journals. She has received fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, the James Irvine Foundation, and the…
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The Black Room @ UC Berkeley
November 2, 2015
The Black Room: Revisiting "Blackness" In The Global 21st Century Program Series: Interdisciplinary Faculty Programs The Black Room: Revisiting “Blackness” in the Global 21stCentury organized by Nadia Ellis (English), Leigh Raiford (African American Studies), Darieck Scott (African American Studies), and Bryan Wagner (English), deals with “The Black Room,” an inclusive space that exists to foster critical reflection and exchange about foundational terms and concepts in African American and African Diaspora Studies. This project will answer questions such as: What is blackness? Is it a culture, a politics, a standpoint, or a way of being? What does it mean to…
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Liberating Dreams
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Faculty, Ph.D. candidates win fellowships for humanities, social science research
August 6, 2015
http://news.berkeley.edu/2015/07/24/faculty-and-doctoral-candidates-win-fellowships-for-humanities-social-science-research/