The Penn State College of the Liberal Arts will significantly enhance the diversity of its faculty and strengthen its scholarly expertise in African American and African Diaspora life and culture when it welcomes nine new faculty members to its ranks on July 1.
Vee Bravo will deliver a free lecture titled “’The Franchise’: Million Dollar Blocks and The Economy of Incarceration,” at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3 in 362 Willard Building on the University Park campus of Penn State.
Christopher Loperena will deliver a free lecture titled “The Racial Logics of Extraction” as part of the Sawyer Seminar at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, in 160 Willard Building on the University Park campus of Penn State.
Defending Democracy in Brazil Week will be held March 11-19 and examine the future of democracy in Brazil from several angles, including culture, politics and the environment
Herman Bennett, professor of history at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, will deliver a lecture titled “Before the Human: Africans, Sovereigns & Slaves” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, in 160 Willard Building at University Park. The event is free and to the public.
Author and scholar Lisa Cacho will deliver a lecture as part of the Sawyer Seminar Series on Thursday, Jan. 31 in Sutliff Auditorium.
George Reid Andrews, distinguished professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, will deliver a lecture titled “To Count or Not to Count: Latin American Censuses, 1776-2020” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, in 162 Willard Building. This event is free and open to the public.
“Four Days in May,” a documentary by Deborah Thomas, Junior “Gabu” Wedderburn and Deanne M. Bell, will be shown at 6 p.m. Sept. 19 in 113 Carnegie Building on Penn State's University Park campus.
Public concern about police integrity, the regulation of physical force in law enforcement, and racial discrimination in policing and law are some of the topics to be explored during the upcoming Ethics of Policing conference taking place Sept. 20-22 at various locations on the Penn State University Park campus. The conference will feature several keynote events that are free and open to the public.
Crystal Sanders, associate professor of history and African-American studies at Penn State, has been named director of the Africana Research Center effective July 1.
The George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State will hold its third Summer Mentoring Program for doctoral study in history June 24-29. This annual event encourages students from underrepresented groups to explore a career as an academic scholar.
Brian Davis found out that he was accepted to Penn State while practicing parallel parking in his hometown of Philadelphia. This spring he graduated with a bachelor's degree in African-American studies, with minors in international studies, sociology, and civic and community engagement. “Penn State has impacted my life in so many ways,” he said.
David J. Leonard, professor of critical culture, gender and race studies at Washington State University, will deliver a lecture titled “Playing While White: Power, Privilege and the Politics of Protest,” at 6 p.m. March 26 in 101 Chambers Building on Penn State's University Park campus.
Olympic gold medalists Tommie Smith and Wyomia Tyus and noted sociologist and civil rights activist Harry Edwards will participate in a panel discussion titled “Sports Protest and Politics: Reflections on the 1968 Olympics” at 6 p.m. on April 3, in the Greg Sutliff Auditorium, which is located in the Lewis Katz Building on the University Park campus at Penn State.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University, will deliver a free lecture in 10 Sparks Building at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 15.
