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January 24 & 25: “Breaking Boundaries, Created Spaces”

Breaking Boundaries, Created Spaces January 24th (5-7pm, Davis Performing Arts Center, Gonda Theater) and January 25th (10am-5pm, Lauinger Library, Murray Room, 5th Floor) Georgetown University This free conference considers how black cultural production, expression, criticism, activist work, and scholarship engage the built environment and spatial configurations. [Sponsored by Georgetown University’s Departments of African American Studies […]

January 17: “In the Name of the Father: George Washington and American Identity”

Exhibition talk: In the Name of the Father: George Washington and American Identity January 17, 2019, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Location: Homewood Museum Price: $10 public; free for members and Johns Hopkins faculty, staff, and students Purchase Tickets Seating is limited and advance registration is requested: online through Eventbrite or by calling 410-516-5589. Walk-in registration is based on seating availability. […]

Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson to deliver keynote at the 2018 African American Digital Humanities Conference

The AADHum Initiative at the University of Maryland is proud to invite scholars, researchers, teachers, professionals, activists, and community members to its first national conference, Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black. The conference will be held at the UMD campus in College Park, Maryland, on October 18-20, 2018. What happens to digital humanities inquiry when we begin with Black […]