Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University

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"Columbia University Press is proud to announce a new ongoing scholarly book series in the field of Black studies called Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future, to be published in partnership with Howard University’s College of Arts and Sciences and Columbia University’s African American and African Diaspora Studies Department." https://cup.columbia.edu/announcing-the-black-lives-in-the-

Office of the Provost Faculty Snapshot On IRAAS director, Dr. Mabel Wilson https://provost.columbia.edu//faculty-snapshot-mabel-wilson

Tommorrow night!!

Tonight at 7:00pm est!!

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Feed the Fire: A Cyber Symposium in Honor of Geri Allen Thursday, 5 November 2020 9:30 am EDT Virtual event 9:30 am - 5:30 pm EDT Feed the Fire: A Cyber Symposium in Honor of Geri Allen celebrates the work of the late pianist, composer, improvisor, and educator and serves as a launch for a special issue of the journal Jazz and Culture, The Power of Geri Allen. Feed the Fire focuses on Allen’s work in music as a performer, composer, teacher, activist, and mentor, and featur...es a keynote event with Terri Lyne Carrington (Berklee College of Music), Angela Davis (University of California, Santa Cruz), Gina Dent (University of California, Santa Cruz), and Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia University). This online event is free and open to the public and is part of a week-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Pitt Jazz Seminar: https://www.jazz.pitt.edu/ For more information and registration information, please visit http://heymancenter.org//feed-the-fire-a-cyber-symposium-/ ____ Participants____ Mount Allen III (SFJAZZ) Dwight Andrews (Emory University) Courtney Bryan (Tulane University) Terri Lyne Carrington (Berklee College of Music) Angela Davis (University of California at Santa Cruz) Gina Dent (University of California at Santa Cruz) Michael Dessen (University of California at Irvine) Kevin Fellezs (Columbia University) Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia University) Michael Heller (University of Pittsburgh) Ellie M. Hisama (Columbia University) Vijay Iyer (Harvard University) Aaron J. Johnson (University of Pittsburgh) Veronica Johnson (Detroit Sound Conservancy) Tammy L. Kernodle (Miami University) George E. Lewis (Columbia University) Nicole Mitchell Gantt (University of Pittsburgh) Fred Moten (New York University / Tisch School of the Arts) Robert O’Meally (Columbia University) Yoko Suzuki (University of Pittsburgh) Francis Wong (Asian Improv Arts) The symposium is sponsored by the Society of Fellows/Heyman Center for the Humanities, the African American and African Diaspora Studies Department, and the Institute for Research on African American Studies at Columbia University and the Jazz Studies Program and the Department of Music at the University of Pittsburgh. Co-sponsoring the event are the Center for Jazz Studies, the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, and the Department of Music at Columbia University, and the Barnard Center for Research on Women, the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Department of Africana Studies at Barnard College, and the Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program, and Humanities Center of the University of Pittsburgh.

Sending condolences to our esteemed & honored colleague, former NYC Mayor David Dinkins on the passing of his lovely wife Mrs. Joyce Dinkins https://www.nytimes.com///nyregion/joyce-dinkins-dead.html

Columbia & Barnard Affiliates Only Event The Third Annual B.R. Ambedkar Lecture "Race, Caste and Social Justice" with... Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Friday November 13, 2020 at 6:30pm EST Registration is required and will open on Oct 15 at 12:00pm EST. This event is open to Columbia and Barnard Affiliates only. Visit icls.columbia.edu for more information. The Ambedkar lecture series is made possible with support from the Office of the EVP of Arts and Sciences; Barnard's Office of the Provost; Office of the Deans of the Humanities and Social Sciences; Institute for Research in African-American Studies; African American and African Diaspora Studies Department; Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life; Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department; Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race; Columbia University Libraries; and Columbia University Press QUESTIONS & INFO CONTACT: [email protected] The Institute for Comparative Literature and Society is committed to the goal of social justice through education and critical scholarship. To address the urgent need to combat racism in our times, we introduce a new 2020-2021 conversation/lecture series called Understanding Systemic Racism to reflect on the roots of racial discrimination, class oppression, colonial injustice, and other institutionalized oppression and sanction for violence against Black people and peoples of color. We stress the importance of opening the U.S. centered conversations surrounding race and identity toward a broad and comparative reckoning with racism and its violent histories around the world. This exciting webinar series is programmed in conjunction with our Ambedkar Initiative that links Columbia University with the anti-caste legacy of B. R. Ambedkar to reflect on his continued relevance to discussions about social justice, affirmative action, and democratic thinking in

THE DONA AND CAROL HAMILTION DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES The Case for Identity Politics: Polarization, Demographic Change and Racial Appeal October 13, 2020 12:00pm- 2:00pm Est. Zoom Registration Link... https://zoom.us//r/4315996430822/WN_8kW28atiQaONvjLH7Tbnbg Following the defeat of Hillary Clinton in 2016, many prominent scholars and political pundits argued that the Democratic Party must abandon identity politics. While calls for Democrats to distance themselves from racial/ethnic politics receive a lot of attention, there is little academic work empirically testing whether non-racial campaigns provide an advantage to Democrats in the current political climate. Christopher T. Stout’s new book, The Case for Identity Politics, explores how the current racial and political context, political polarization, and demographic change make racial appeals an effective form of political outreach for the Democratic Party. Keynote CHRISTOPHER T. STOUT is Associate Professor at Oregon State University. His research interests include Racial and Ethnic Politics, Gender and Politics, Political Behavior, Representation, and Congress. He is also the author of Bringing Race Back In: Black Politicians, Deracialization, and Voting Behavior in the Age of Obama. Panelists FREDRICK C. HARRIS is Dean of Social Science and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. He also serves as Director of the Center on African American Politics and Society. Welcome IRA KATZNELSON is Columbia University’s Interim Provost, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, and Deputy Director, Columbia World Projects. Moderator ESTER R. FUCHS is Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science and Director of the Urban and Social Policy Program at Columbia University SIPA. THE DONA AND CAROL HAMILTION DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES was established by Charles Hamilton, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, as an annual event hosted at the School of International and Public Affairs by the Department of Political Science to honor the life and work of his late wife, Dona, and daughter, Carol. PARTNERS for this event include the Urban and Social Policy Program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University’s African American and African Diaspora Studies Department, and The Academy of Political Science.

Congratulations Dr.Griffin

Memorial to Enslaved Laborers Panel Discussion Thursday, October 8, 6:30 pm est Event Registration: linktr.ee/IRAAS_AAADS This conversation explores the history, form, and process behind the creation of the powerful new Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia. ... Speakers: Gregg Bleam, Gregg Bleam Landscape Architect E. Franklin Dukes, Institute for Environmental Negotiation, University of Virginia Eric Höweler, Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Höweler + Yoon Eto Otitigbe, Department of Art, Brooklyn College Diane Browne Townes, Charlottesville community member Mabel O. Wilson, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Director of IRAAS J. Meejin Yoon, Cornell AAP Architecture, Art, Planning and Höweler + Yoon Introduced and moderated by Farah Jasmine Griffin, Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University Co-presented by Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Columbia University School of the Arts; Cornell AAP Architecture, Art, Planning; the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies; the Institute for Research in African-American Studies; the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery at the Schomburg Center; The Studio Museum in Harlem; and the Queens Museum ______________________________________ Image#1: Detail shot of the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers inner wall, with names and memory marks honoring members of UVA’s enslaved community, after the rain. Photo: Höweler + Yoon Architecture. Image #2: Visitors at the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at UVA. Photo: Alan Karchmer. Courtesy: Höweler + YoonArchitecture. Image#3: Visitors at the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the UVA, after the rain. Photo: Höweler + Yoon Architecture. Image #4 Detail shot of the timeline on the Memorial to Enslaved Laborer’s inner ring, detailing the experiences of enslaved people at UVA, without water. Photo: Höweler + Yoon Architecture

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"Black Athletes in Full Dissidence" Book Discussion Wednesday, October 7th at 7:00pm Join historians Dr. Amira Rose Davis and Dr. Frank Guridy in a conversation with award-winning sportswriter & cultural critic, Howard Bryant about his recent book, "Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field". The panelists will discuss the recent upsurge in athlete activism and the ongoing political struggle against racism & social injustice inside and outside the sporting wor...ld. Event Registration link can be found at https://linktr.ee/IRAAS_AAADS

"Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color" Speaker: Andrea Ritchie (attorney, author, activist, and Researcher-in-Residence at the Barnard Center for Research on Women) Date: Thursday, September 24th Time: 4:00 - 5:30 PM... Location: Zoom Registration link: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us//tJApduitrTIpHdzyTaH6NM Invisible No More examines issues of racial profiling, police violence, criminalization, and mass incarceration through the lens of women’s experiences. How do women, trans, and gender nonconforming people experience policing in ways that are similar to other members of communities of color, and how are their experiences unique? What do their experiences teach us about the shape and scope of police violence, and how do they expand our framing of the issues and our demands for justice? How do they call on us to radically reimagine our visions of safety and the means we devote to achieving it? A unique perspective on one of the central issues of our time, rooted in over two decades of experience on the front lines of movements to end police violence. Organizer: Lehman Center for American History, "Policing America" series Columbia University Co-Sponsors ** Institute for Research in African American Studies Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality Center for Gender and Sexuality Institute for the Study of Human Rights Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought **