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Black Studies Inauguration: Celebrate the launch of the Black Studies Program

 

The Black Studies Program at �鶹���� will be launching throughout 2022-2023 with a series of screenings, conversations, and celebrations.

 

Join us Friday, October 21, 2022 from 5:30 pm – 10 pm at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre for:

 

Introductory remarks and greetings from Associate Vice-Principal (Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation) Jan Hill, Vice Dean Lynda Jessup, and Principal Patrick Deane.

A poetry reading by  

A conversation between Stephanie Simpson, Beverley Mullings, Kristin Moriah, and about the past, present, and future of Black Studies at �鶹����’s

The premiere of the short film, “Black Studies is…”, which was conceived by the Black Studies Program Group and produced by Katherine McKittrick. The film features (McMaster), (Cornell), (SFU), (Vanderbilt), (University of Virginia)) and many other anti-racist activists, artists and intellectuals from around the world responding to the prompt, “Black Studies is…”. The film’s soundtrack is by , who was voted 2022 Pianist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. Post-screening discussion with faculty, pre-doctoral fellows and post-doctoral fellows in Black Studies (Joseph Kangmennaang, Kesha Fevrier, Jennifer Leath, Bianca Beauchemin, Tari Ajadi, Sefanit Habtom, and Nataleah Hunter-Young).

A DJ set by

 

 

Please contact BLCK@queensu.ca for further information.