Events
Each term African and African American Studies sponsors the Angelina Weld Grimké lecture series and at least one additional event or lecture.
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February 2019
Saturday, February 16th (Today)
- The African & Caribbean Assoc Presents: Across Oceans, Beyond Borders
- 6:30 pm, Kracum Performance Hall
Sunday, February 17th
- Black History Month Chapel Service
- Guest speaker Harry Williams, Laird Bell Professor of History. Music by the Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir. Dinner follows the service.
- 5:00 pm, Chapel Main Sanctuary
Tuesday, February 19th
- How Realness Kids in Ballroom Culture do Gender for Survival
- An Africana Studies lecture by Visiting Benedict Fellow Marlon Bailey.
- 4:00 pm, Library Athenaeum
March 2019
Friday, March 1st
- Convocation: Michael Twitty
- Culinary historian Michael Twitty reflects on how food is woven into cultural histories and identities.
- 10:50 am, Skinner Chapel
Tuesday, March 5th
- West African Drum Ensemble Concert: Jay Johnson, director
- 12:00 pm, Sayles Hill-Great Space
Tuesday, March 12th
- West African Drum Ensemble Concert: Jay Johnson, director
- 12:00 pm, Weitz Commons
May 2019
Friday, May 10th
- Convocation: Andra Gillespie
- Emory University political scientist examines the impact of black political leadership in the post-civil rights generation.
- 10:50 am, Skinner Chapel
