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Roundtable: Transnational Solidarity Politics: Reflections by Organizers

Express Newark 54 Halsey Street, 2nd floor, Room 213, Newark

Roundtable: Transnational Solidarity Politics: Reflections by Organizers Eduardo Vianna, City University of New York and organizer, formerly with Defend Democracy in Brazil and BRADO Natalia de Campos, Performance artist and activist, Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee, NY In conversation with the panelists Moderator: Sean T. Mitchell, Rutgers University, Newark

Migration, Displacement, and the Arts

Express Newark 54 Halsey Street, 2nd floor, Room 213, Newark

Co-organizers: Kim DaCosta Holton, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University, Newark Tim Raphael, Professor, Arts, Culture, and Media, Rutgers University, Newark Mayte Green-Mercado, Associate Professor, History, Rutgers University, Newark Co-sponsored by Mediterranean Displacements Project, Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, and Center for Migration and the Global City Scholarship on migration and displacement … Read More

Migration, Displacement, and the Arts: Performances and Party

ODR Studios 89 Madison Street, Newark, NJ, United States

Co-organizers: Kim DaCosta Holton, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University, Newark Tim Raphael, Professor, Arts, Culture, and Media, Rutgers University, Newark Mayte Green-Mercado, Associate Professor, History, Rutgers University, Newark Co-sponsored by Mediterranean Displacements Project, Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, and Center for Migration and the Global City 6:00-11:00 pm Performances and party … Read More

Screening of “Wakanda Forever” and Discussion

Engelhard 202 190 University Avenue, Newark

Screening of Wakanda Forever and Discussion (4:00-6:45 pm) Screening (6:45-8:00 pm) Discussion/panel facilitated by Eun Jin (Keish) Kim, ISGRJ Postdoctoral Associate in American Studies, Rutgers University, Newark, and Honors College students Aisha … Read More

Black Citizenship

Express Newark 54 Halsey Street, 2nd floor, Room 213, Newark

This seminar explores the relationship between Black communities, both native-born and immigrant, and the question of American citizenship. It explores this relationship in various contexts: through political ideologies, religious communities, … Read More

Welcome Address by Dean Jacqueline Mattis

Express Newark 54 Halsey Street, 2nd floor, Room 213, Newark

Jacqueline Mattis, Dean, School of Arts & Sciences-Newark, Rutgers University, Newark

A Conversation between Salamishah Tillet and Claudia Rankine

Express Newark 54 Halsey Street, 2nd floor, Room 213, Newark

A Conversation between Salamishah Tillet and Claudia Rankine Salamishah Tillet, Henry Rutgers Professor, Africana Studies and Creative Writing, Rutgers University, Newark Claudia Rankine, Professor, Creative Writing Program, New York University

Panel: Black Citizenship

Express Newark 54 Halsey Street, 2nd floor, Room 213, Newark

Black Citizenship Kimberley Johnson, Professor, Social & Cultural Analysis, New York University Niambi Carter, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park Yarimar Bonilla, Professor, Anthropology, Graduate Center City University of New York Reuel Rogers, Associate Professor, Political Science, Northwestern University Moderator: Hyacinth Miller, Assistant Teaching Professor, Africana Studies and Political Science, … Read More

Black Citizenship and Religion

Express Newark 54 Halsey Street, 2nd floor, Room 213, Newark

Black Citizenship and Religion John Jackson, Professor and Dean, University of Pennsylvania Zain Abdullah, Associate Professor, Religion, Temple University Todne Thomas, Associate Professor, African American Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School … Read More