Williams College’s Africana Studies Program invites you to a FREE (with Williams student/faculty/staff/affiliate ID) screening and discussion of Forrest Whitaker and Ryan Coogler’s important new film, Fruitvale Station. This film, released at the height of the Travyon Martin trail in July (2013), underlines the danger facing young Black men in… Continue reading »
Tuesday, April 2 at 4:15pm Griffin Hall, 3 Employing the Afro-Puerto Rican musical tradition of Bomba, this presentation focuses on discourses of sexuality and gender among practitioners in Puerto Rico but with particular attention to musicians and dancers of the Bomba diaspora in the United States. In popular… Continue reading »
Friday, March 1 at 5:15pm Williams College Museum of Art Myra Greene discusses her photographic exploration of the nuances of whiteness with Harry Gilbert, ‘14. Selections from My White Friends are on view January 29–April 14. WCMA Events… Continue reading »
Monday, March 4 at 4:15pm to 5:30pm Griffin Hall, 6 A Talk by Prof. Chirstopher DeSante, Oberlin College Attitudes toward racialized and re-distributive policies like welfare are often thought of as a function of both principled ideological positions and the underlying racial attitudes a person holds. This research engages this debate… Continue reading »
Friday, February 8, 2013 7:00 pm, Williams College Museum of Art Myra Greene discusses her photographic exploration of the nuances of whiteness with Harry Gilbert, ‘14 and Professor of history Leslie Brown. Selections from My White Friends are on view January 29–February 28. Continue reading »
Tuesday, October 16 at 7:00pm Griffin Hall, 6 A public lecture by Professor Kendra T. Field, ’99 from the University of California-Riverside. Professor Field recovers the story of the little-known back-to-Africa movement and the lifelong migrants who created it. Chief Sam’s movement began in Oklahoma, an American borderland at… Continue reading »
He’s Back!! Friday May 4, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Paresky Basement, Luetkemeyer Lounge Bring your ideas and a brown bag lunch to this discussion led by community activist and former Assistant Director of the Williams College Multicultural Center, Arif Smith. … Continue reading »
6:30 pm in Paresky Auditorium Staceyann Chin is a fulltime writer and activist. Recipient of the 2007 Power of the Voice Award from The Human Rights Campaign, the 2008 Safe Haven Award from Immigration Equality, the 2008 Honors from the Lesbian AIDS Project, and the 2009 New York State… Continue reading »
Prof. Michael Hanchard, a distinguished professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, spoke at Williams College, 2/18/09. The title of his lecture was: “Ragtime: Kohlhaas, Coalhouse, and the State of Exception”… Continue reading »