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Fall 2012 - Conversations

IRAAS Conversations Lecture Series

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**

This Fall at IRAAS !

  • Friday, September 21, 2012
    Monica R. Miller – Visiting Assistant Professor
    Department of Religious Studies - Lewis & Clark College
    Topic:  ‘No Church in the Wild?’: The Anxious Narratives of Religious Decline
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  • Friday,  October 05, 2012
    Speaker:   Derrick Darby - Professor of Philosophy
    University of Kansas
    Topic:   "Lyrical Minds: Why Hip Hop Can't Die"
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  • Friday, November 02, 2012
    Kimberley Johnson – Assistant Professor of Political Science
    Barnard College
    Topic:  "American Banlieus? The Political Economy of the Black Suburbs"
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  • Friday,  November 16, 2012
    Kevin Fellezs     – Assistant Professor of Music and African-American Studies
    Columbia University
    Topic:   "Guitarists Get a Klugh: Earl Klugh, Chet Atkins, and George Benson"
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  • Friday,  December 07, 2012
    Speaker:  Heather C. McGhee
    Topic:    “Are we all Americans? Inequality, Democracy, and Demographic Change”
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