Conversations Spring 2012

IRAAS Conversations Lecture Series - Spring 2012

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**

Spring 2012 Conversations:

• Friday, 10 – February
  Robert O’Meally – Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English
  TITLE:  Romare Bearden's "Paris Blues": From Film to Collage
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• Friday,  24 – February
  Marcellus Blount – Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
  TITLE:  "Love's Futures: Writing Post-AIDS Literature."
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• Friday, 09 – March
  June Cross – Associate Professor, Columbia University School of Journalism
  TITLE:  “Public Health, HIV, and the realities facing rural African-Americans”
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• Friday, 23 – March
  Speaker:  Narayani Lasala Blanco
  TITLE:  "Where There is a Will...There Isn't Always a Way: political engagement in African-American, Latino and Asian neighborhoods in seven American cities."
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• Friday,  06 – April
  Michelle Smith – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
  TITLE:   "Freedom and Lyric Poetry." Platonic Themes in the Literary Criticism and Politics of Alain Locke
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