Events

Library Pop-Up

March 19, 2024

Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Date: 03/19/2024
Location: Social Science Building, Room 675

Finals Study Jam

April 29, 2024

Join the Department of African American Studies for a Finals Study Jam in the Erskine A. Peters Reading Room!

Monday, April 29th, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Erskine A. Peters Reading Room, 675 Social Sciences Building

Come by to study with friends, snacks and study supplies (e.g. to-do lists, scantrons, blue books) will be available. Start Reading and Review Week strong!

Beyond the Veil Book Club

October 24, 2024
Barbara Montano

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!

Honoring our Departmental Ancestors

November 1, 2024
Barbara Montano

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

“Whose University? Our University!" twLF and the Student Intifada

November 13, 2024
Jasmine Flowers
Join us for an interactive discussion about the connections between the 1999 Ethnic Studies protests and the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. November 13, 2024 5-7pm
Erskine A. Peters Reading Room, 675 Social Sciences Building RSVP to attend. If you have questions about accessibility or require accommodations, please contact Barbara...

Bossale. Inheritance. Exhibit Opening

October 22, 2024
Barbara Montano

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.

Black Horror Film Series

November 7, 2024
Barbara Montano

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.

Arts & Crafts Movie Night!

December 4, 2024
Barbara Montano

The Department of African American Studies Presents: Arts & Crafts Movie Night!

Watching "The Last Holiday”

Come de-stress before finals! Join us for coloring, crafting, and making ginger-bread houses.

Wednesday Dec 4th, 5pm to 7pm Erskine A. Peters Reading Room Social Sciences Building, 6th Floor, Room 675

If you require an accommodation for effective communication or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Barbara Montano at ...

Blú Honey Screening/Poetry Workshop With Donté Clark

March 30, 2026
Sam Jean-Francois

March 30, 2026

650 Social Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720

A Richmond, CA native and former Richmond Poet Laureate, Donté Clark is a prolific communicator, poet, filmmaker, actor, and lifelong visionary. Using body language, voice, and film as instruments to uplift stories of the past, Clark processes the woes and beauty of the present while reimagining the future. His short film, Blù Honey (2026), is a meditation on the historical trauma of anti-Blackness and its impact on the material realities of Black communities in Richmond—specifically regarding gun violence,...

https://events.berkeley.edu/africam/event/318870-blu-honey-screeningpoetry-works…

Compensation

March 12, 2026
Barbara Montano

The Department of African American Studies, the Student Learning Center, and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) host a special screening of the film Compensation, followed by a Q&A with director Zeinabu irene Davis, writer Marc Arthur Chéry, and performer Christopher Smith, moderated by Language Exchange Program Coordinator at the Student Learning Center Quinta Seward.

Compensation...

https://events.berkeley.edu/africam/event/316592-compensation