The purpose of the Brown Bag series is to provide an opportunity for the University community to learn about the work of UD faculty who are studying issues of black Americans and people of African-American ancestry.
The BAMS Brown Bag lectures are offered monthly and provide an opportunity for BAMS faculty to share their research and scholarship with the University community. From time to time, the scholarship of our faculty intersects events that are particularly timely and important to African American citizens in a particular locale or in the world generally. When contemporary events connect with the scholarship of one our faculty, we sponsor a presentation and discussion on the topic or event. Beyond these timely topics, we also bring important scholarship and research on ongoing issues. In sum, the BAMS Brown Bag is scholarly forum for presentations that offers a chance to engage in discussion and exchange. It is vibrant and vital, and an important contribution to the discourse on Black American Studies at the University of Delaware.
UPCOMING BROWN BAGS
The Black American Studies Program announces its fall 2009 Brown Bag Series. All talks are in 206 Trabant from 12:15-1:10, and are open to the public. Talks are usually about 35 minutes followed by spirited dialogue between and among presenters and audience. All are welcome to attend.
FALL 2009
Monday, September 14:
"The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway in Delaware", David Ames, Professor and Director, Center for historic Architecture and Design, University of Delaware.
Tuesday, October 13:
"Conceptual Imagery in one Woman's Work: Dreams, Illusions and Controversy", Robyn Phillis-Pendleton, Associate Professor, Department of Arts, University of Delaware.
Monday, November 9:
"The Drugs Violence-Nexus among Deviant Adolescents: America's Drug War versus Dutch Harm Reduction Policy", Lana Harrison, Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware.
Monday, December 7:
"Street Life and Fatherhood: How Black Men in Streets of Harlem Conceptualize Notions of Fatherhood", Yasser Payne, Assistant Professor, Black American Studies Program, University of Delaware.
PAST LECTURES
FALL 2008
Please Note Room and Date Change:
Tuesday, September 9 in 219 Trabant:
"Blogging Feminism, Blogging Race: The Internet as an Emerging Public Sphere for Spontaneous Protest", Benjamin Fleury-Steiner, Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware.
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Monday, October 13:
"...and so, is America ready for a Black President, or not?" David C. Wilson, Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware.
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Monday, November 17:
"Francophone African and Caribbean Autobiographies: A Mixed Reception", Edgard Sankara, Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Delaware.
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Monday, December 8:
"Performing Once Othered Histories: Western Paradigms and Artistic Refusals in South Africa", Julie McGee, Curator, Paul R. Jones Collection, University of Delaware Museums.
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SPRING 2008
February 18:
"Patterns of Public Opinion Among Blacks: A Question of Consensus in the Socioeconomic Economic Transition of Black Politics," Ted Davis, Associate Professor; Political Science and International Relations and Black American Studies, University of Delaware
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March 17:
"Hip-Hop at the Crossroads: The Logic of Hip-Hop Literacy and the "Invisible" Tradition of Reading and Writing in Hip-Hop Composition." Shuaib Meacham, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Delaware
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April 14:
"Virginia's Racial Integrity Fight: The Du Bois - Garvey Debate" Arica Coleman, Assistant Professor, Black American Studies, University of Delaware
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April 21:
"What is New Media Anyway?", Collette Gaiter, Associate Professor, Art, University of Delaware
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May 12:
“Professional Socialization in Sociology: Reflections of a Racial Pioneer”, Elizabeth Higginbotham, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware
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