Conversations Fall 2011

IRAAS Conversations Lecture Series - Fall 2011

The Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) continues its rich tradition of hosting a series of “CONVERSATIONS”. Initiated in 1993, The Institute sponsors these free “conversation” with the goal of bringing together members of the Harlem community and the Columbia University community for critical exchange with leading scholars who explore a wide range of issues that have shaped and continue to define the black experience. Through this lecture series we will address the historical and contemporary social, political and economic conditions and experiences of blacks in the U.S. as well as the larger African Diaspora. We invite you to join us as we help shape the future direction of Black Studies.

**All Conversations lectures are held at 4:00pm in Room 758 Schermerhorn Extension on the Columbia University Morningside Campus unless otherwise noted.
**EVENTS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC**

Fall 2011 Conversations:

• Friday, 23 - September
  Gary Okihiro, Professor of International and Public Affairs and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University
  TOPIC:  "Social not Racial Transformation"
  

• Friday, 07 - October
  Algernon Austin, Director of the Race, Ethnicity and Economy program - Economic Policy Institute
  TOPIC:  "Creating Economically Healthy African-American Communities"
  

• Friday, 21 - October
  June Cross, Associate Professor, Columbia University School of Journalism
  TOPIC:  TBA

• Friday, 04 - November
  Van Gosse,  Associate Professor of History, Franklin & Marshall College
  TOPIC:  "We are Americans':  Rethinking the Origins of Black  Politics in Antebellum America."
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• Friday, 18 - November
  Nabila El-Bassel - Professor of Social Work, Columbia University
  TOPIC:   "Reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS on African American communities: An effective couple-based prevention approach to lowering HIV vulnerabilities"

• Friday, 02 - December
  Koritha Mitchell  Associate Professor of English, Ohio State University  
  TOPIC:  "Living with Lynching:  African American Drama and Citizenship"