Africana Studies 2013 News and Events
The Department of Africana Studies Celebrates Black History Month at the University at Albany February 2013
February 5 Tuesday 7:30 P.M. Lecture Center 7
“A Review of the New Chicago Black Renaissance”
By Dr. R. Baxter Miller Professor, University of Georgia
February 21 Thursday, 6:30 P.M. Campus Center Ballroom
Student Cultural Expressions Program
February 27 Wednesday, 7:30 P.M. Lecture Center 7
Lecture on "Richard Mayhew, Transafricanism, and the Black Arts Movement"
By Dr. Janet Hess Associate Professor, Sonoma State University
For more information, please call 442-4730.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Campus Center Assembly Hall (518-442-4730)
8:45 Registration Light Breakfast Refreshments Provided
9:15 Welcome - Dr. Marcia Sutherland Associate Professor and Department Chair
9:20 – 12:00 Session One – Faculty Panel Moderator – Dr. Leonard A. Slade, Jr. Professor
Dr. Ibram Rogers “Egalitarian Exclusion and the Strategy to Eliminate Affirmative Action”
Assistant Professor
Professor Robert Gluck “You’ll Know When You Get There: Herbie Hancock and the Mwandishi Band”
Associate Professor
Dr. Nicholas Creary “Literary Cultural Nationalism in the 20th Century African Atlantic World, 1915 - 1945”
Lecturer
Professor Timothy Taylor “Further Along the Jericho Road: Building a Community Based Legal Practice”
Adjunct Professor
Closing Response – Dr. Oscar Williams Associate Professor
12:00 – 1:00 Break for Lunch in Assembly Hall Refreshments Provided
1:00 – 3:50 Session 2 – Graduate Student Panel Moderator – Jani Cash
Angelica Bullock “The Black Panther Party’s Commitment to Medical Care In the Civil Rights Era”
John Craig “Black Power, Nationalism, and Pan-Africanism In African American Culture”
Charlene Bradt “The Perspectives of Kenyan Citizens on Kenya's Level of Political Corruption”
Ndidi Nwakalor “Education in Namibia: The European Influence”
3:50 – 4:00 Closing Remarks - Dr. Marcia Sutherland Associate Professor and Department Chair
Co-Sponsored by UAS Albany
2012 Celebration of Christmas and Kwanzaa
Wednesday, December 12th 11:30 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. BA118
