Mar 21, 2014
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Feb 26, 2014
Author Jennifer Yanco, “Misremembering Dr. King: Revisiting the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.” Thursday, April 24, 2014 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm, Kirby Hall Of Civil Rights, Room 104
We all know the name. Martin Luther King Jr., the great American civil rights leader. But most people today know relatively little about King, the campaigner…
Feb 26, 2014
This event will be rescheduled for next year!
World Renowned Historian Ira Berlin, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm, Kirby Hall Of Civil Rights, Room 104. Reception & Book Signing to…
Feb 10, 2014
Interim 2014: Religion, Society, and Change in East Africa
Interim 2014 INDS 173: Religion, Society, and Change in East Africa explores……… This winter students from Lafayette had the opportunity to travel to Africa…
Dec 3, 2013
Film Night: “What Do Lafayette Students Know about Africa?” Thursday, December 5, 2013 – 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Hugel 100
Students from AFS 101 created and will presenting this film to students and faculty who would like to more about Africa. Sponsored by: Africana Studies…
Sep 23, 2013
The McDonogh Legacy
David K. McDonogh was a slave when he came to Lafayette College in 1838. He graduated in 1844 as Lafayette’s first black graduate to go on to attend classes…
Aug 26, 2013
2013 David L., Sr. and Helen J. Temple visiting Lecture Series in Africana Studies Presents John Dayo Aliya, playwright from Akron.
[slideshow id=1] John Dayo-Aliya is a Poet/Actor/Singer and Playwright from Akron, Ohio. He studied Classical and Jazz Vocal Performance, English Literature…
Jul 23, 2013
Author Paul Stoller, “In Sorcery’s Shadow” will be visiting Lafayette College on Wednesday, September 25 at 4:00 p.m. in Hugel 100. His lecture will be on his forthcoming book, “Yaya’s Story: The Quest for Wellbeing in the World.” Reception & Book Signing to follow.
Paul Stoller Paul Stoller, who is Professor of Anthropology at West Chester University, has been conducting anthropological research for more than 30 years…
Mar 4, 2013
Amoaba Gooden from Kent University Presents, Afro-Caribbean Families in the Diaspora (Tuesday, March 19, 2013 – 4:30pm to 6:00pm Hugel 100)
Dr. Gooden will talk about Caribbean migration, family networks, and the impact of migration of Afro-Caribbean families in Canada.
Mar 1, 2013
Erin Augis presents, Sunni Women in Contemporary Senegal. (Thursday, March 7, 2013 – 4:30pm to 6:00pm. Hugel 100)
Dr. Augis, Associate Professor of Sociology at Ramapo College, will talk about her research on Sunni Muslim women in Senegal, the appeal of joining religious…