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W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson
The annual James Baldwin Lecture celebrates the scholarship of a distinguished Princeton faculty member and provides an occasion for our intellectual community to reflect on the issue of race and American culture. The complexities of race in the United States demand the insightful work both of experts in the field and of all who share a genuine commitment to the well-being of our society. The Baldwin Lecture Series presents Princeton scholars, accomplished in their respective fields, with the opportunity to think carefully with others about race in America.
The Baldwin lectures also honor the extraordinary legacy of the late James Baldwin (1924-1987). One of America’s most powerful cultural critics and essayists, Baldwin exemplified ways in which we might remain critically focused upon and engaged with the relationship of race to democracy in American society.
Radical historian Howard Zinn on Columbus's legacy
W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson
Lauren Benton: Banning the Slave Trade, Building an Empire of Law---Listen Now
This lecture is presented by the Boston University History Department in the College of Arts and Sciences, and titled "Banning the Slave Trade, Building an Empire of Law." Our speaker is New York University professor, Lauren Benton.Black Power And White Votes---Listen Now
Our lecture this week is presented by the Boston University African American Studies Program, and titled "Forerunner: Edward Brooke, Black Power, and White Votes." Our speaker is historian, Dr. Jason SokolBlackness in Korean Literature---Listen Now
This week our lecture is titled "'Blackness' and Postcoloniality in Korean Literature and Culture." Our speaker is Dr. An Jee Hyun from department of English Literature at Seoul National University.Douglass, Lincoln, Obama---Listen Now
A lecture presented by the African American Studies Center at Boston University. Our speaker is John Stauffer, professor of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University. Professor Stauffer's lecture is titled "Douglass and Lincoln in the Age of Obama, and Their Critics." (Aired 2-21-10)The Great Migration---- Listen Now
The African American Studies program at Boston University presents "The Great Migration: The Untold Story of the Twentieth Century." Speaking is Pulitzer Prize winner, and Boston University Professor of Journalism, Isabel Wilkerson.Peniel Joseph: From Black Power to Obama---Listen Now
A lecture presented by Boston University's African American Studies program. Our speaker is Dr. Peniel Joseph, Professor of History at Tufts University. Dr. Joseph's lecture is titled "Dark Days, Bright Nights: from Black Power to Barack Obama." (Aired 2-14-10)The Caribbean in a Changing Global Environment---Listen Now
Speaker(s): Professor Sir Hilary Beckles | This event is part of the celebrations that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Caucus of High Commissioners are organising to celebrate CARICOM day on 1 July 2011. Several activities are being planned to mark the day from July 3-8, which aim to showcase CARICOM countries. Professor Sir Hilary Beckles was born in Barbados in 1955. He attended secondary school in Barbados and Birmingham in the UK. He received his higher education in the United Kingdom. He graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Economic History from Hull University in 1976 and a PhD from the same university in 1980. In 2003, he received an Honorary Doctor of Letters for outstanding work as a scholar from his alma mater. He joined the History Department at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus in 1979 as a lecturer; in 1984 he transferred to the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados and was promoted to a personal professorship in 1993 at age thirty-seven, the youngest in the history of UWI. Professor Sir Hilary has served the University as Head of the History Department and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities.The Failure of both Multiculturalism and Assimilation, and the New Path of Omniculturalism ---Listen Now
Speaker(s): Professor Fathali M Moghaddam | The two traditional policies for managing cultural diversity, multiculturalism and assimilation, are based on incorrect psychological assumptions, resulting in collective identity threats for both minority and majority groups, destructive intergroup conflicts, and the marginalisation of minorities. Omniculturalism represents a constructive third path.Black Panther, the revolutionary art of Emory Douglas---Listen Now
Speaker(s): Emory Douglas | Emory Douglas, ex Minister of Culture for the Black Panther party, will speak about the history behind the art of the party, and take a look at some more recent works. Emory Douglas was born May 24th, 1943 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Douglas attended City College of San Francisco where he majored in commercial art. He was politically involved as Revolutionary Artist and then Minister of Culture for the Black Panther party in Oakland, CA from February, 1967 until its discontinuance in the Early 1980's. Douglas's art was always seen on front pages of the Black Panther Newspaper and, reflecting the ideals and rhetoric of the Black Panther Party. Offering a retrospective look at artwork created during in the Black Panther Party, Douglas's work has recently been displayed at the 2008 Biennale of Sydney, the Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles,Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Richmond Art Center, the Station Museum of Contemporary Art. And has appeared in June/July volume of Art in America, PRINT Magazine, and the American Institute of Public Arts.A Debate about the Definition of 'Britishness'---Listen Now
Speaker(s): Professor Sir Bernard Crick, Professor Anne Phillips | As the composition of British society transforms with immigration and transnational identities, ideas about the notion of 'Britishness' are changing too. In the interest of a cohesive citizenry, must the UK return to 'core British values'? Or should Britain's identity change with its population? Should a British identity even exist? Sir Bernard Crick is emeritus professor of Birkbeck College and author of Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to Citizenship, the basis for the UK citizenship exam. Anne Phillips is professor of Political and Gender Theory at LSE and author of Multiculturalism Without Culture.Obama And The Politics Of Race------Listen Now
President Obama and the politics of race in America. Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy joins us.
Taking a stand on race - Gus John-----Listen Now
Professor Gus John - one of the country’s leading commentators on British race relations - talks about his recently-launched book, Taking a Stand, in which he calls for a radical revaluation of Government policy to improve race relations.The Meaning of Race in the Post-Genome Era---View Now
The 5th Annual James Baldwin Lecture titled “The Meaning of Race in the Post-Genome Era” was delivered by President Shirley M. Tilghman on March 9, 2010 at 5:30 pm in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.The annual James Baldwin Lecture celebrates the scholarship of a distinguished Princeton faculty member and provides an occasion for our intellectual community to reflect on the issue of race and American culture. The complexities of race in the United States demand the insightful work both of experts in the field and of all who share a genuine commitment to the well-being of our society. The Baldwin Lecture Series presents Princeton scholars, accomplished in their respective fields, with the opportunity to think carefully with others about race in America.
The Baldwin lectures also honor the extraordinary legacy of the late James Baldwin (1924-1987). One of America’s most powerful cultural critics and essayists, Baldwin exemplified ways in which we might remain critically focused upon and engaged with the relationship of race to democracy in American society.
Reflections\Problems of Black Suffering---View Now
A conversation was held on March 29, 2010 between Dr. Sherman Jackson and Dr. Cornel West in which they offered perspectives on the historical and contemporary problem of suffering from a Christina and Muslim lens. Dr. Jackson is a professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and the author of "Islam and the Problem of Black Suffering." Dr. West is the celebrated professor of religion and race at Princeton University.Radical historian Howard Zinn on Columbus's legacy
