Department Renaming Symposium: From "African American Studies" to "Black Studies": Block Museum - Northwestern University
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Department Renaming Symposium: From "African American Studies" to "Black Studies"

bookshelf-lined room full of seated people listening to a speaker
Symposiums
May
19
12:00 PM-6:00 PM

Event Details

Date & Time:

Fri May 19, 2023
12:00 PM-6:00 PM

Location:

The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208

Audience:

Open to the public

Details:

BLACK TO FRONT: From "African American Studies" to "Black Studies"

• Keynote speaker: Professor Davarian Baldwin (author, ‘In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower’): “Black Studies and Thoughts on an Abolitionist University”
• Faculty Roundtable: “What is the ‘Black’ in Black Studies?”
• Black Poetry: Cydney Hope Brown
• Graduate Student Panel: ‘What’s Black Studies Got to Do with it?’
• Black Song: Moyana Olivia and Joelle Moore
• Keynote speaker: Zeba Blay (author, ‘Carefree Black Girl’): “What it means to be Black and Carefree in an Unfree World”

Contact Suzette Denose: (847) 491-5122 or email at afas@northwestern.edu

or

The Block Museum of Art for more information: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu