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Department of Africana Studies Hosts Series of Intellectual and Cultural Activities
Contact: Catherine Herman (518) 437-4980
ALBANY, N.Y. (September 7, 2005) -- The University at Albany's Department of Africana Studies has planned several intellectual and cultural activities for the fall 2005 semester. The events are free and open to the public.
- Open House in Africana Studies
(Students, faculty, staff, and administrators are invited)
Tuesday September 27, noon-2 p.m.
Business Administration Building, Room 118
- Lecture by Spike
Lee
Co-Sponsor: Africana Studies and New York State Writers Institute
Tuesday October 11, 8 p.m.
Page Hall
- "A Celebration
of Black Music" concert
by the Albany Housing Authority Community Choir
Tuesday October 18, 7 p.m.
Recital Hall in the Performing Arts Center
- Lecture: "The
Use of Religion in Several Black Films"
by The Reverend Robert E. Slade (Howard University)
Friday October 21, 4:15 p.m.
Humanities Building, Room 039
- A Colloquy on the
Summer 2005 African Trip
(Led by Kwadwo Sarfoh, University of Cincinnati, and graduate students) Wednesday November 30, 1:30 p.m.
Humanities Building, Room 039
- Holiday Celebration for Friends of
Africana Studies
Tuesday December 6, Noon-2 p.m.
Business Administration Building, Room 118
The University at Albany's Africana Studies programs ranks in the nation's top-10 according to Black Issues in Higher Education magazine, with the graduate program ranking second behind Columbia University, and the undergraduate program ranking 10th.
The department is focused on the study
of the experiences of the people of Africa
and the African diaspora. Through the study
of such disciplines as history, politics,
economics, culture, literature, sociology,
and psychology, the department aims to
engender an appreciation of diversity and
emphasize the ways in which Africans and
people of African descent in the Americas
have constructed and interpreted their
own lives and cultures.
