Climate Justice Series
Climate Justice Series The climate crisis is on everybody’s minds especially as unbearable heatwaves, intense droughts, frightening wildfires and extreme flooding affect the world over. As extreme… Continue reading »
Lectures
Scholar, Artist and Activist E. Patrick Johnson to perform “Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales”
E. Patrick Johnson performs “Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales,” a dramatic reading of religion, sex, coming of age and coming out. Africana Studies, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the ’62 Center are pleased to welcome E. Patrick Johnson, Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance… Continue reading »
Protection: Men and Condoms in the Time of HIV and AIDS
Friday, February 28 at 6:00pm Paresky Center, Auditorium A creative documentary film with a discussion led by executive producer Jill Lewis, Professor of Hampshire College. This will be part of Consentfest: the week of events in late February organized by Men for Consent. Sponsored by: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality… Continue reading »
Visit by Cauleen Smith:Filmmaker and professor of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego
The Afro-Futurist Films of Cauleen Smith A free public screening and discussion with the artist Saturday, March 1—1:30pm, Room 112, Thompson Biology Lab, 59 Lab Campus Dr. In 1989, Cauleen Smith produced an experimental biography (Chronicles of A Lying Spirit By Kelly Gabron) in which marginal representations of black… Continue reading »
Williams College’s Black Student Union is proud to present Black History Month 2014: “A Celebration of Blackness.”
Africana Studies Panel: Exploring the Implications of the Black Body
The BSU will be kicking off Black History Month 2014 with a panel of professors exploring the implications of the black body. Each professor will be offering a unique perspective on how the black body is imagined and perceived in his/her respective field. Come join the dialogue on Friday, February… Continue reading »
Faculty Lecture Series 2014 – Lecture by Ngonidzashe Munemo
Now – Thursday, April 10 at 4:15 pm Thompson Chemistry, Wege Auditorium 47 Lab Campus Dr, Williamstown, MA 01267 Ngonidzashe Munemo, Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair, International Studies Program, will give the first lecture of this year’s Faculty Lecture Series: “Elite Games, Institutional Choice, and Stability in… Continue reading »
12 Years a Slave Screening
Friday, November 22 at 7:30pm Images Cinema 50 Spring St, Williamstown, MA 01267 Williams College’s Africana Studies Program, American Studies and The Department of History invite you to a FREE screening and discussion of Steve McQueen’s critically acclaimed new film, “12 Years a Slave”. This British-American epic historical drama film… Continue reading »
Post-Racial America? Racial Subordination and Legal Remedies
Beyond the debate over whether America really is Post-Racial, there is emerging an understanding of the limits of “racial discrimination” as framed by the Supreme Court. Recent research has examined different forms of racial subordination, such as racialized foreignness, a permanent immigrant trope, racial performance, and racial profiling. These… Continue reading »
The David G. Hartwell ’63 Science Fiction Symposium
Williams College will host a science fiction symposium on October 22, 23, and 24. The David G. Hartwell ’63 Science Fiction Symposium will feature public readings and panel discussions with leading writers and thinkers, including Samuel R. Delany, Kim Stanley Robinson, and prominent science fiction editor and Williams alumnus… Continue reading »