Events

2026 Alumni and Donor Appreciation Reception

May 7, 2026
Barbara Montano

May 7, 2026

David Brower Center

African American Studies at UC Berkeley is pleased to invite you to a cocktail reception to celebrate the achievements of our department, its people, and to honor our supporters in partnership with the Office of Alumni Relations, the Social Sciences Dean’s Office, and the Black Alumni Association.

https://events.berkeley.edu/africam/event/2026-reception

2026 St. Clair Drake Conference

May 7, 2026
Brandon Archer

May 7, 2026

David Brower Center

“Walls Turned Sideways: Bridges in Black Study”

The Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley invites you to join us for the 2026 St. Clair Drake Conference. Named in honor of the pioneering anthropologist and scholar of the African Diaspora, this conference creates a supportive space for graduate students whose research engages with Black Studies methodologies, frameworks, and theories across disciplines. Undoubtedly, Black studies has remained on contested grounds since its inception. Withstanding...

https://events.berkeley.edu/africam/event/2026-st-clair-drake

P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance

April 24, 2026
Petra Rivera Rideau

April 24, 2026

Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center

Global superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, like many other Puerto Ricans, has lived a life marked by crises—blackouts, hurricanes, political corruption and oppression, among others—that have exposed the ongoing impacts of colonialism in Puerto Rico. Offering a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices, P FKN R draws on interviews with musicians, politicians, and journalists as well as ethnographic research to set Bad Bunny and...

https://events.berkeley.edu/africam/event/316593-p-fkn-r-how-bad-bunny-became-th…

When Home is a Photograph, Leigh Raiford and Delphine Sims in Conversation

April 16, 2026
Leigh Raiford

April 16, 2026

BAMPFA

Join BAMPFA and the Department of African American Studies for the launch of When Home Is A Photograph: Blackness and Belonging in the World with author Leigh Raiford and Delphine Sims. In When Home Is a Photograph, Raiford asks how Black people use photography to make home in the world. Raiford focuses on a selection of Black American activists and artists, including Marcus Garvey, James Van Der Zee, Eslanda Goode Robeson, and Kathleen Neal Cleaver to explore the complex relationship between racialized subjects and the medium of photography. As they...

https://events.berkeley.edu/africam/event/318618-when-home-is-a-photograph-leigh…

The Black Panther Party and Intercommunalism

February 1, 2024
Jasmine Flowers

Join the department of Black Studies as we:

explore the Black Panther Party’s newspapers through the newspaper archives held at the Ethnic Studies Library learn about the BPP’s solidarity with Palestinian liberation understand the BPP’s theory of intercommunalism watch a documentary about anti-colonial struggle

Please register to attend.

For more information, please contact Barbara Montano at...

Midterm Study Jam

February 28, 2024

The Erskine A. Peters Reading Room will be hosting a studyjam to begin midterm season. It will be held on February 28th from 12:30pm to 6:30pm. Join us for some studying and snacks!

Time: 12:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Date: 02/28/2024
Location: Social Science Building, Room 675

Forms of Folklore Reading

March 14, 2024

Forms of Folklore ReadingJoin us for a reading of collected folklore stories from the students of Anthropology 160 – Forms of Folklore!

Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Date: 03/14/2024
Location: Social Science Building, Room 675

Library Pop Up!

August 9, 2024

Library Pop Up!

Join us for community, Caribbean food, and books!
Tuesday September 24, 2024 3-5PM

Erskine A. Peters Reading Room
675 Social Sciences Building (...

Liberation Aesthetics

April 9, 2024

Liberation Aesthetics

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...

Forms of Folklore Reading and Screening of Zora is My Name!

March 12, 2024

Forms of Folklore ReadingJoin the Reading Room Team for an evening of storytelling, food, and beverages as we watch Zora is My Name! – a filmed theatrical production of Hurston’s life and the beloved folklore that she collected.

Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Date: 03/12/2024...