African American Studies at University of California, Berkeley

The Department of African American Studies & UC Berkeley Librarians Present Library Pop Up! Join us for Black books, Caribbean food, and community!

When: Tuesday September 24, 2024 3-5PM
Where: Erskine A. Peters Reading Room, Social Sciences Building, Room 675

Register: tinyurl.com/librarypopup. Caribbean food from Coco Breeze provided with vegan and gluten-free options.

If you have any questions about accessibility or require accommodations to participate in this event, please contact Barbara Montano at [email protected] or call 510.644.4324 with as much advance notice as possible.

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Dr. Robert L. Allen (1942-2024) - The Black Scholar It is with heavy heart that we mark the passing of Black Scholar Senior Editor Robert L. Allen, on July 10, 2024. Dr. Allen joined the journal in 1971. He and Robert Chrisman—close friends as well as colleagues—worked together on the journal for over 40 years. We share a photo of the two during ...

Applications are open for Assistant Professor in Caribbean Studies with African American Studies at UC Berkeley!
Read the full job description and apply: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04462.
Deadline: Monday, Sep 2, 2024 at 11:59pm P.T.

Call for Applicants: Assistant Professor of Caribbean Studies

The Department of African American Studies (AAS) at the University of California, Berkeley seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor whose work demonstrates contributions to Caribbean Studies. AAS is an intellectual community committed to producing, refining and advancing knowledge of Black people in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and Africa. The Caribbean has been central to the founding of our department and doctoral program and to our understanding of the field of African Diaspora Studies. Applicants’ research and teaching should therefore investigate and produce knowledge centered on the Caribbean both geographically and analytically.

Read the full job description and apply: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04462.

Deadline: Monday, Sep 2, 2024 at 11:59pm P.T.

Cal Black Family Day 2024 - August 23, 2024

We would love for you to come to our 2nd annual day to welcome new and current students. Please sign up via eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/.../cal-black-alumni.... In addition, please complete our google questionnaire and sign up sheet at http://Bit.ly/calblackfamilyday2024

Call for Applicants: Assistant Professor of Caribbean Studies

The Department of African American Studies (AAS) at the University of California, Berkeley seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor whose work demonstrates contributions to Caribbean Studies. AAS is an intellectual community committed to producing, refining and advancing knowledge of Black people in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and Africa. The Caribbean has been central to the founding of our department and doctoral program and to our understanding of the field of African Diaspora Studies. Applicants’ research and teaching should therefore investigate and produce knowledge centered on the Caribbean both geographically and analytically.

Read the full job description and apply: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04462.

Deadline: Monday, Sep 2, 2024 at 11:59pm P.T.

This Homecoming, we’re celebrating US – our legacy, our brilliance, and the impact of UC Berkeley’s Black alumni community. Connect with the Cal Black Alumni Association (BAA) and fellow alums for a weekend for us - by us!

Join us for:
- Events designed to celebrate Black excellence and joy
- Opportunities to connect with fellow Black alums across generations.
- Celebrate the indelible mark of Black alums on the Cal legacy

Register by October 4 to save and reserve your spot at popular events! To view events for Black alums and build your custom weekend visit homecoming.berkeley.edu/black2cal or call 888.UNIV.CAL (888.864.8225).

Remembering June Jordan 💜

“We are the ones we have been waiting for.” ✨

June Jordan, a trailblazing q***r poet, was born on this day in 1936.

Jordan was a UC Berkeley professor and founded Poetry for the People, or P4P.

She lives on through P4P, which teaches students the power of poetry to change the world. 🌎🕊️

Learn more about Jordan and Black feminism through letters, photos, poems, and other treasures in UC Berkeley’s archives.

🔗 ucberk.li/black-feminism
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🎨: Hal BrightCloud, Poetry for the People program records, 1991-2010, CES ARC 2018/1, Ethnic Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley

Thank you for joining us in Charleston, UC Berkeley Black Alumni Association - BAA!

Help Us Reach Our Goal by June 30th! Donate to the Summer in the South Experience today: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/42247.
https://mailchi.mp/berkeley/support-the-vv-a-clark-institute-for-engaged-scholars-16202517

Help Us Reach Our Goal by June 30th! Clark Scholars learning about Gullah Geechee culture at a line dance led by local culture keepers in Charleston, South Carolina this week for our 2024 Summer in the South experience.

From the Banned Scholars Project to Black Graduation, it was an exciting spring semester for African American Studies at Berkeley! Read all about it in our letter from Chair Nikki Jones reflecting on Spring 2024: https://mailchi.mp/berkeley/reflections-on-spring-2024 ✨

Image description: A grouping of four photos including faculty and graduate students at a conference, students celebrating Black Graduation, a student checking out a book from a librarian, and Michael and Jeanne Williams with Chair Professor Nikki Jones. Text reads: Reflections on Spring 2024 from African American Studies, African American Studies & African Diaspora Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Read more: https://mailchi.mp/berkeley/reflections-on-spring-2024.

Check out this amazing list of Bay Area Black owned businesses from the Bay Area Organization of Black Owned Businesses (BAOBOB) and consider supporting one for Juneteenth!

BSC & BAOBOB Announce Membership Directory Over the last 18 months, the Black Studies Collaboratory (BSC) at UC Berkeley and the Bay Area Organization of Black Owned Businesses (BAOBOB) have developed a close partnership through the BSC's Community Partners Program. We have worked together to uplift the quality of life in all communities by...

Alumni - please join us in Charleston, South Carolina as part of the VèVè A. Clark Institute for Engaged Scholars' Summer in the South Experience! The UC Berkeley Black Alumni Association - BAA is hosting an alumni reception and additional programming, sign up today!✈️

LESS THAN 48 hrs left to sign up for UC Berkeley alumni and friends reception in Charleston, South Carolina.

JUNE 25-26, 2024
CAL Black Alumni Association (BAA) is planning to host a reception for UC Berkeley alumni and friends in Charleston, South Carolina this summer.

As part of the visit to Charleston, our VèVè A. Clark Institute scholars from the African American Studies Department along with a group of faculty will be visiting several historic and cultural sites including the International African American Museum!

This will be a deeply meaningful and important trip for these scholars. Connecting with alumni from the region will provide an opportunity to engage each other and build relationships within our powerful network. As part of this engagement Cal Black Alumni Association (BAA) is coordinating a reception the evening of June 25th and a visit to the International African American Museum on June 26, 2024.

Please express your interest to receive additional information through the link https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0tznUlzwY96I6iXhVSNYWtidObjx8MZZJeEYq0csWiee2jA/viewform?mc_cid=10a448cb11&mc_eid=8b3af30967 or link in bio. Please send any questions to [email protected].

We are grateful for all the support we receive from the amazing UC Berkeley Black Alumni Association - BAA! Thank you for recognizing us as one of your top fans! 🎉

Support the VèVè A. Clark Institute for Engaged Scholars! Help us reach our goal of raising $10,000 for our Summer in the South Experience for the Clark Scholars program. We are accepting donations until June 30th: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/42247.

17 Days Left to Support Summer in the South! Our 2024 trip to Charleston, South Carolina, "Immersed in Gullah," will explore Gullah Geechee history, culture, arts, foodways, language, and landscape in the region. Students will visit heritage sites, interact with local craftsmen, and learn about the histories and culture of the region. 

The West Coast Regional West African Research Association Conference 2024, June 10-11, has its own playlist thanks to Mango Angar!
https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/6658851d-7e74-4c48-88c9-bf0b6b420ab7

Register for the conference here: https://berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/register/7017164154329/WN_xb5R0FBCRYiHlUHJe4iXuw

Thank you, BAA, for your support of Black Grad!

Sharing Graduation Gift of $100.00 with each undergraduate, Master’s, Ph.D graduate. We raised $20,000 to give each scholar a graduation gift. Thank you to our Cal community to help us bring Black Joy!!!

crowdfund.berkely.edu

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"How the Black Studies Collaboratory is reimagining Black Studies through community engagement"
https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/how-black-studies-collaboratory-reimagining-black-studies-through-community-engagement
Thank you, UC Berkeley L&S Advising for the beautiful profile of the BSC!💐

How the Black Studies Collaboratory is reimagining Black Studies through community engagement | Letters & Science November 10, 2022Michelle PhillipsWhen UC Berkeley’s African American Studies professors Leigh Raiford and Tianna Paschel launched the Black Studies Collaboratory (BSC) in 2021, their vision centered on creating a space for critical, joyful and generative engagement that would expand beyond the in...

Join us at the Opening Reception of "Art, Power, Community: A Black Panther 55th Anniversary Retrospective" exhibit, as well as an artist conversation directly after. November 3, 2022, 6pm-8pm!

Don't forget to register for the Black Studies Collaboratory Small Grantee Symposium next Friday, September 9th!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCaTJspiJi4CgigMnqPq8PHtNpoX5Ts7DgvifYiyqZPFCXeA/viewform

Join the Black Studies Collaboratory and Department of African American Studies for our first Small Grantee Symposium on Sept. 9th! Come celebrate our grantees, learn about their innovative projects, and dialogue together in community!
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCaTJspiJi4CgigMnqPq8PHtNpoX5Ts7DgvifYiyqZPFCXeA/viewform

Join the Black Studies Collaboratory and Department of African American Studies for our first Small Grantee Symposium on Sept. 9th! Come celebrate our grantees, learn about their innovative projects, and dialogue together in community!
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCaTJspiJi4CgigMnqPq8PHtNpoX5Ts7DgvifYiyqZPFCXeA/viewform

Sept. 9 - BSC Small Grantee Symposium! Our 27 Small Grantees will present their projects in panel discussion with moderators: Nikki Jones, Nadia Ellis, Courtney Morris, Ms. Daphne Muse, Michael J. Myers II, and Victoria Grubbs!
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCaTJspiJi4CgigMnqPq8PHtNpoX5Ts7DgvifYiyqZPFCXeA/viewform

The Black Studies Collaboratory welcomes our second cohort of Abolition Democracy Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year! Postdoctoral Fellows Dr. Peace And Love El Henson and Dr. Victoria Grubbs, and Elder in Residence Ms. Daphne Muse, continuing their positions from last year, will be joined by Dissertation Writing Fellows Caleb Dawson and Rashad Timmons; Activist in Residence Cat Brooks; Artist Fellows Antoine Hunter and Bryant Terry; and Archivist in Residence Lisbet Tellefsen.
Read the full details: https://mailchi.mp/berkeley/welcome-abolition-democracy-fellows-14198963

The Black Studies Collaboratory presents 'NUH-MI-BEE-UHN,' a short documentary screening by BSC grantee Kavena Hambira. Join us between 6 pm-9 pm at the Joyce Gordon Gallery on Wednesday, 29th June 2022.
Limited seating, get your tickets 👉 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nuhmibeeuhn-a-film-screening-by-kav-hambira-tickets-356772565347

You can now watch "The Performance of Labor/ The Labor of Performance: A Convening" panel discussion below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYGii4I-gGo&t=665s

The Performance of Labor/The Labor of Performance: A Convening An Illuminations Live Panel DiscussionRegister to attend in person here: https://calperformances.org/related-events/the-performance-of-labor-the-labor-of-per...

ADI Artists Fellows Odaymar and Oli of Krudxs Cubensi were just featured on Telemundo. Watch their interview here:
https://www.telemundoareadelabahia.com/noticias/local/a-traves-del-rap-grupo-krudxs-cubenzi-promueve-el-respeto-y-la-inclusion/2205087/

A través del rap: grupo Krudxs Cubensi promueve el respeto y la inclusión Odaymar y Oli buscan mover corazones, emociones y llamar a la libertad.