The Daily Bulletin Archive

The campus is invited to join the African and African American studies program for its Faculty and Student Conference today, February 27, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center East. We hope to see you there.

First Session
1:00–2:15 p.m.

• "Saying Goodbye to America: The Elegy Form in the Poetry of Wanda Coleman"
  Jennifer Ryan-Bryant, Associate Professor, English
   
• "Double Consciousness in the Music of Kanye West"
  Nia Yahaya, Undergraduate Student, Political Science
   
• "Robert Williams and International Solidarity during the Global Cold War"
  Beth Hinderliter, Associate Professor, Fine Arts

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Break
2:15–2:30 p.m.
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Second Session
2:30–3:45 p.m.

• "Suing the Master: Slave Litigation as Resistance in 18th-Century Louisiana"
  Steve Peraza, Lecturer, History and Social Studies Education
   
• "On the Meaning of 'Kaffir' Again: A Look at the African Diaspora in Sri Lanka"
  Melissa Schindler, Lecturer, School of Natural and Social Sciences
   
• "Langston Hughes and the Racial Mountain"
  Duke Omara, Undergraduate Student, Political Science