Join the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative (NAISI) and Literary Arts Department at Brown University as we welcome Tommy Orange for our Spring 2023 Keynote event. Tommy Orange will be in conversation with Lanre Akinsiku (Brown University) about Orange’s work and award-Read More
CSREA - Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America
Healing the Traumas of Slavery: Removing the slave ship from the body - an experiential.
Patricia Powell, Professor of English, Mills College at Northeastern University
This talk is about the ways in which the Middle Passage lives inside us still, the symptoms that the experience exhibits, and how we might think about a protocol that brings healing andRead More
Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice (CSSJ)
Finding La Negrita, a historical fiction novel set in 1634 colonial Cartago, Costa Rica, is a retelling of the Black Madonna narrative, which has driven Costa Rica’s national and spiritual identity since the 1700s. It traces an African family’s story across time and space, from Africa to colonial Costa Rica, as they grapple with love, legacy, secrets, and the lines between freedom andRead More
The department of the History of Art & Architecture
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Dawit L. Petros is a visual artist, researcher and educator. His work is informed by studies of global modernisms, theories of diaspora, and postcolonial studies. Throughout the past decade, he has focused on a critical re-reading of the entanglements between colonialism and modernity. Petros is an Eritrean emigrant who spent formative years in Eritrea,Read More
CSREA’s New Book Talks highlight new and notable works studying race, ethnicity, and indigeneity. They facilitate thought-provoking and critical engagement with emerging scholarship.
The Healing Stage: Black Women, Incarceration, and the Art ofRead More
In honor of Black History Month, the Watson Institute presents a night of spoken word and open mic night with local hip-hop artists Chachi Carvalho and Othannah Tomasina.
, Seminar Room, Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice
Join Sequoria “Coco” Dickerson as she shares stories of little known herbal traditions and rituals practiced by African Americans during slavery in the United States.This workshop is grounded in sharing the stories of enslaved African American herbalists who worked with plants for healing justice, liberation, and ancestral reclamation. Come hear stories of how they used herbal practices toRead More
Join the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative on February 15 as we welcome Brown University students, staff, and faculty members back to campus with a screening of an Upstander Project film,Dawnland.Read More
The Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity invites you to attend the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Wednesday, February 15 from 4-5:30 p.m.
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president emeritus of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will deliver a lectureRead More