The Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice and the UBC Black Caucus invite you to a speaker series on Black History and the History of Black Studies in the month of February.
Public Events | Tuesdays in February, 12–1 PM | xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many Trees), Liu Institute for Global Issues
Speakers and topics:
- February 3: Africa and the Pan-African History of Black Studies with Dr. Jemima Pierre, Director of the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice, UBC
- February 10: “To Be in a Rage, Almost all the Time”:
Foundations and Legacies of Black
Studies with Dr. Crystal Sheffield, Associate Professor, Department of History, UBC - February 24: Diasporic Grooves: Funk Music and Global Black Sonic Movement/s with Dr. Scot Brown, Director of Undergraduate Affairs of African American Studies and History at the University of California, Los Angeles
The UBC Black Caucus will provide lunch for attendees who RSVP. Please do so at the link below.
For media inquiries please contact Dr. Peter Hudson at peter.hudson@ubc.ca.
