UCI Humanities Center
The Black Liberation Movement & Radical Community Education ♥
ZoomThe Black Liberation Movement and Radical Community Education Description Moderator: Krystal Tribbett (UCI Libraries) Speakers: • Ericka Huggins (Former Leader of the Black Panthers, Human Rights Activist and Poet) • Angela LeBlanc-Ernest (Independent Scholar and Documentary Filmmaker of the Oakland Community School and the Intersectional Black Panther Party Research Project) • Damien Sojoyner (Anthropology) •…
Designing the Narrative: Taylor Shaw and Jon Key ♥ ★
ZoomJoin us for a conversation about voice and Black creativity The #UCI1619Project continues through a conversation with Taylor Shaw (writer, producer, and founder of Black Women Animate) and Jon Key…
Financial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking ♥
ZoomFinancial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking Description Moderator: • Keaanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton) Speakers: • Bill Maurer (Social Sciences) • Peter Hudson (UCLA) • Mehrsa Baradaran (UCI Law) Discussion Facilitators: • Tonya Bradford (Business) • Mrinalini Tankha (Portland State University)This event is 60 minutes. All are welcome to stay for a bonus 30 minute…
African American Music: The Sound of Freedom’s Journey ♥ ✚
ZoomAfrican American Music: The Sound of Freedom’s Journey Description Using the 1619 Project’s “Episode 3: The Birth of American Music” as a launching point, this panel explores innovation in musical expressions from spirituals to jazz and contemporary music, investigating freedom as a process in motion, not as a destination. Speakers: • Dawn Norfleet (Music) and…
The 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones Q&A facilitated by Professor Erika Hayasaki, Literary Journalism ♥
ZoomThe 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones Q&A facilitated by Professor Erika Hayasaki, Literary Journalism Description Informal Q and A with students Time Oct 29, 2020 02:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)
The 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones ♥
ZoomThe 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones Description Tune in to hear acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones talk about “The 1619 Project,” the groundbreaking study of the role played by slavery in American history and life. Niokle Hannah-Jones will be interviewed by UCI Law Professor Mehrsa Baradaran, a co-author of “The 1619 Project.” Nikole Hannah-Jones…
1520 and the Slave Trade to the Americas ♥
Topic 1520 and the Slave Trade to the Americas Description Perhaps one of the most surprising aspects of the 1619 commemorations is that few people realize that the earliest known slaving voyages to sail directly from Africa to the Americas actually landed in the United States 500 years ago. The ship Santa María de la…
Pacific Worlds Symposium: Indigeneity, Blackness, and Resistance ♥ ★
ZoomPacific Worlds Symposium: Indigeneity, Blackness, and ResistanceN Friday, January 22, 2021 12:00-2:00 p.m. Engaging with trans-Oceanic studies, which understands oceans as matter and being, we bring the Black Pacific into conversation with the Black Atlantic and the Indian Ocean to consider not only the intimacy of continents but also the intimacies of oceans and…
A Racial Reckoning: Discussion of Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings ♥
ZoomA Racial Reckoning: Discussion of Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings Discussion of “United” (chapter 1) from Minor Feelings Wednesday, February 3, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) Zoom Meeting Facilitators: Isa Quintana, assistant professor of Asian American studies, UCI Richard Cho, research librarian for the humanities and literature, UCI Please register here. Access the reading here.…
Lisa See, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane” ♥ ★
ZoomIn this event, author Lisa See will talk about her novel, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane” and take questions from the audience. About this Event In this event, author Lisa See will talk about her novel, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane” and take questions from the audience. About the book From #1 New…