2012-2013 Speakers Series
In Collaboration with The Senator John Heinz History Center Exhibit, "From Slavery to Freedom"
Speakers Series | The Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy presents:
CAUSE Speakers Series Opening Reception
Friday, September 14, 2012
4:30 – 6:00 pm
Alumni Concert Hall, College of Fine Arts Buliding
Speakers Series | The Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy presents:
Richard Blackett
Vanderbilt University
“The Underground Railroad and the Anti-Slavery Movement in Global Perspective”
October 26, 2012
Refreshments 4:30, Lecture & Discussion 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Steinberg Auditorium, Baker Hall A53
Speakers Series | The Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy presents:
Nico Slate
Carnegie Mellon University
“Colored Cosmopolitanism: The Shared Struggle for Freedom in the United States and India”
November 16, 2012
Refreshments 4:30, Lecture & Discussion 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Steinberg Auditorium, Baker Hall A53
Speakers Series | The Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy presents:
Carl H. Nightingale
University of Buffalo
“Archsegregation in U.S Cities—A World Historical Perspective”
January 25, 2013
Refreshments 4:30, Lecture & Discussion 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Steinberg Auditorium, Baker Hall A53
Speakers Series | The Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy presents:
Deborah Willis
New York University
“Reflections on the History of African American Photography: Beyond the Underground Railroad”
February 15, 2013
Refreshments 4:30, Lecture & Discussion 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Steinberg Auditorium, Baker Hall A53
Speakers Series | The Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy presents:
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
New York Public Library
“The Condemnation of Blackness: Ideas about Race and Crime in the Making of Modern Urban America”
March 22, 2013
Refreshments 4:30, Lecture & Discussion 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Steinberg Auditorium, Baker Hall A53
Speakers Series | The Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy presents:
Millington Bergeson-Lockwood
Carnegie Mellon University
“African American Politics in Post-Civil War Boston”
April 26, 2013
Refreshments 4:30, Lecture & Discussion 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Steinberg Auditorium, Baker Hall A53