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Archived Events from 2019-2020
Past Speaker Series Events
The Black Mistress of Blue Spring Farm
Amrita Chakrabarti Myers
Departments of History and Gender Studies
Indiana University
January 30, 2020; 4:00pm
Oak Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York
Carl Suddler
Department of History
Emory University
February 27, 2020; 4:00pm
Persimmon Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Commemoration and Forgetting in the Gateway to the Pacific: Japanese and African Americans in San Francisco's Foreign Relations and Neighborhoods
Meredith Oda
Department of History
University of Nevada, Reno
November 14, 2019; 4:00pm
Walnut Room, Indiana Memorial Union
War, Crime, and HIV: An Accounting on AIDS and Racism in the United States
Steven Thrasher
School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
Northwestern University
October 24, 2019; 4:00pm
State Room East, Indiana Memorial Union
Drive-by History: Roadside Markers in Haudenosaunee Homelands
Alyssa Mt. Pleasant
Department of Native American Studies
University of Buffalo
September 19, 2019; 4:00pm
Bridgewaters Lounge, Neal Marshall Black Culture Center
The Book of Delights: A Conversation
Ross Gay
Department of English
Indiana University
September 12, 2019; 4:00pm
Bridgwaters Lounge, Neal Marshall Black Culture Center
African American Adolescents' Emotional Development: Understanding Risk Behaviors and Positive Youth Development in Cultural Context
Tennisha Riley
Department of Psychological and Brain Science
Indiana University
CRRES Postdoctoral Fellow
August 29, 2019; 4:00pm
Walnut Room, Indiana Memorial Union
Past Sponsored Events
Promoting Diversity and Equity at the Farmers Market: A Food Justice Approach
Alison Akon
March 5, 2020
I Fell Building 5:30pm
Breathe: A Moderated Discussion with Dr. Imani Perry
Dr. Imani Perry
November 4, 2019
Bridgwaters Lounge, Neal Marshall Black Culture Center
Black Film Center/Archive Film Series
Black Film: Now
Renee Dupree "Rape Culture and Romance: A Thematic Analysis of Sexual Scripts in New Millennial Comedy Films"TreaAndrea Russworm "Le Baadasssss: Melvin Van Peebles and the French New Wave"
Racquel Gates "Gaming Representation: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Video Games" Indiana University Press, 2017
Josslyn Luckett "Double Negative"
An Evening with Hector Tobar
September 16, 2019
Grand Hall, Neal Marshall Black Culture Center 7:00pm
Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society
Schuessler Institute for Social Research
1022 E. 3rd St., Room 209,
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-855-8016
Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm