Africana Studies
Stetson Hall
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267
(413) 597-2242/4222(fax)

administrative assistant: Joanne B Dunham
Joanne.B.Dunham@williams.edu

 

Fall 2006 Africana Events Calendar*

September

18: "Bird"  Africana Rhythm & Jazz Film Series, Brooks-Rogers, 9:30 p.m.

19: " Race, Sex, Power: Dialogues on Community"  Student discussion on how stereotypes affect academic performance.  Facilitated by Africana Studies faculty.  Sterling Brown house, 6:00 p.m.

25: "The Triumph of Patriarchic Christian Racism," Edmund Gordon, UT-Austin, Sterling Brown Visiting Professor of Africana Studies at Williams (fall 2006). Griffin Hall. 4:15 p.m.

30: Susana Cook performance. Argentinian performance artist to address issues of feminism, torture and terror. Director's Studio, '62 CTD. 4:15 p.m.
Note: This lecture is part of the 2006-07 Critical Theory Cluster examination of "terror". For more information, click here.

October
4:"We do not yet know what we have inherited": The Politizen of "Terror Australis," Grant Farred, Duke University. Sterling Brown Visiting Professor of English and Africana Studies (spring 2007). Griffin Hall, 4:15 p.m.

6: Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet, performs the music of Thelonious Monk with a piano-less septet that captures the spirit and sound of Monk through the incomparable playing of drummer Ben Riley and the unique arrangements and orchestrations of trumpeter/arranger Don Sickler. In addition to offering a completely fresh take on Monk’s perennial music, Riley’s Monk Legacy Septet features some of the major players on the current jazz scene, including saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, guitarist Freddie Bryant (Visiting Artist in Residence in Africana Studies and Music, Fall 2006), bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and saxophonist Bruce Williams. Chapin Hall, 8:00 p.m., Free

19: "Looking for Leroy: HomoThugs, ThugNiggaIntellectuals and 'Queer' Black
Masculinities," Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University. Griffin 6, 4:15 p.m.

19-21: "Revisiting Black Power" Film Forum. Griffin Hall. See link for more information.


November

2: Saidiya Hartman lecture. Visiting Professor of English at Columbia University and Professor at UC-Berkely, where she holds a joint appointment in the Department of English and Comparative Literature and the Institute of Research on Women and Gender. Griffin Hall. 4:15 p.m.
Note: This lecture is part of the 2006-07 Critical Theory Cluster examination of "terror". For more information, click here.

13: "Momentary Essentialism and the Politics of Race," Edmund Gordon, UT-Austin, Sterling Brown Visiting Professor of Africana Studies at Williams (fall 2006). Griffin Hall. 4:15 p.m.

15: "The High': The Tragic Fate of New York City's Model Public School," Craig Wilder, Dartmouth College. Griffin Hall. 4:15 p.m.

December

6: Class Concert with students from AFR 220(F) Rhythm and Jazz in America, Brazil and Cuba and MUS 212(F) Jazz Theory and Improvisation I. Freddie Bryant, Instructor. Visiting Artist in Residence in Africana Studies and Music, Fall 2006, Fall 2007.

*Locations and times are subject to change, so please consult the All-Campus Calendar for exact times and locations.