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SUMMARY: Black History and the History of Black Studies Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION: Join us Tuesdays in February for public lectures on Black Hist
 ory and the History of Black Studies\, presented by GRSJ and the UBC Black 
 Caucus.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-30589 siz
 e-large" src="https://grsj.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2026
 /01/BHM_SpeakerSeries_web_20260119-1024x576.jpg" alt="Left: person with dar
 k hark and gray top\, Centre: Person with long dark hair and a white top\, 
 Right: person with short dark hair wearing a colourful jacket" width="620" 
 height="349" /></p><p>The Institute for Gender\, Race\, Sexuality\, and Soc
 ial Justice and the UBC Black Caucus invite you to a speaker series on <str
 ong>Black History and the History of Black Studies </strong>in the month of
  February.</p><p><strong>Public Events | Tuesdays in February\, 12–1 PM | x
 ʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many Trees)\, <a href="https://www.maps.ubc.ca/?code=L
 IU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Liu Institute for Global Issues </a></st
 rong><br />Speakers and topics:</p><ul><li><strong>February 3: Africa and t
 he Pan-African History of Black Studies </strong>with <a href="https://grsj
 .arts.ubc.ca/profile/jemima-pierre/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Jem
 ima Pierre</a>\, Director of the Institute for Gender\, Race\, Sexuality\, 
 and Social Justice\, UBC</li><li><strong>February 10: "To Be in a Rage\, Al
 most all the Time":<br />Foundations and Legacies of Black<br />Studies </s
 trong>with <a href="https://history.ubc.ca/profile/crystal-webster/" target
 ="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Crystal Sheffield</a>\, Associate Professor\, 
 Department of History\, UBC</li><li><strong>February 24: Diasporic Grooves:
  Funk Music and Global Black Sonic Movement/s </strong>with <a href="https:
 //afam.ucla.edu/person/scot-brown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Scot
  Brown</a>\, Director of Undergraduate Affairs of African American Studies 
 and History at the University of California\, Los Angeles</li></ul><p>The U
 BC Black Caucus will provide lunch for attendees who RSVP. Please do so at 
 the link below.</p><p>[buttons][button link_text="RSVP (In-Person)" link_ur
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  link_text="RSVP (Online)" link_url="https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/0
 QOwGUd4QCWFLTj7mQ8pEA"][/buttons]<br /><em>For media inquiries please conta
 ct Dr. Peter Hudson at <a href="mailto:peter.hudson@ubc.ca" target="_blank"
  rel="noopener">peter.hudson@ubc.ca</a>. </em></p><p><img class="alignnone 
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LOCATION:Liu Institute\,  xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many Trees)
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