AAAD Colloquium Series 2020-2021
AAAD will host a series of colloquium talks featuring key speakers. The talks are held monthly on Wednesdays, see schedule and details below:
Fall 2020:
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 | 11:15am – 12:15pm
“The Overwhelming Event and Black Testimony from the Immanent Divine”
Youssef Carter Ph.D, Department of Religious Studies, UNC Chapel – Hill
Watch here: AAAD Colloquium Series: “The Overwhelming Event and Black Testimony from the Immanent Divine”
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 | 11:15am – 12:15pm
“Visual Markers of Freedom: Images of Afro-Brazilian Laborers during Gradual Abolition and Beyond”
Alicia Monroe, Ph.D, Department of African, African American & Diaspora Studies, UNC Chapel – Hill
Watch here: AAAD Colloquium Series #2: Dr. Alicia Monroe
Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 | 11:15am – 12:15pm
“White Balance: How Hollywood Shaped Colorblind Ideology and Undermined Civil Rights”
Justin Gomer, Ph.D, Department of American Studies, California State Long Beach
Watch here: AAAD Colloquium Series #3: Dr. Justin Gomer
Spring 2021:
Wednesday, January 27th, 2020 | 11:15am – 12:15pm
“Sitting on Old Mats to Plait New”: The gendered struggle over land and livelihood in Liberia
Gregg Mitman, Ph.D, Department of History, UW Madison
Watch here: AAAD Colloquium #4: Dr. Gregg Mitman
Wednesday, February 24th, 2020 | 11:15am – 12:15pm
“Listening to the Caribbean”
Martin Munro, Ph.D, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Florida State University
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMoc-mvrT8pHtavIkuh333cqHt98VPbe7p9
Wednesday, March 17th, 2020 | 11:15am – 12:15pm – CANCELED
“Becoming Human: The Legacy of Howard Thurman and the Future of Race”
Luke Powery, Ph.D, Duke Divinity School, Duke University
Wednesday, April 7th, 2020 | 11:15am – 12:15pm
David Romine, Ph.D, Duke University
“The Black King Must be Black:” Race, Representation, and the Haitian Revolution on Film, 1929-2008.
Registration: Coming Soon