Invitation: Institute for Black Arts, Culture & Literature series

[Wendy Philpott]

Dr. Vershawn Young (Communication Arts & English Language and Literature) shares the following details about a series from the Institute for Black Arts, Culture & Literature. Each is presented via Zoom as 20-minutes of talks, readings or performances followed by a 20-minute Q & A. Please share this opportunity with students:


  *   Sept. 26 @ 11:45AM: Dr. Elizabeth West<https://cas.gsu.edu/profile/elizabeth-west/>,  "Myths and Illusions: In Search of the Post Racial, the Transnational, and the Global." (Readings attached)

  *   Oct 3 @ 11:45AM Peggy Pelet<https://themuseum.ca/events/55-better-black-presence-in-berlin-a-virtual-walking-tour-of-black-history-in-kitchener/>; Kitchner/Waterloo Librarian & Historian, "Black Berlin (Kitchener)."



  *   Oct. 17 @ 12:30PM : Dr. Rone Shavers,<https://roneshavers.com/> Silverfish<https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/rone-shavers-silverfish> (finalist for the Firecracker Award in Fiction; book reading and discussion)



  *   Oct. 24 @11:45AM: Dr. Anthony Stewart, <https://www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/anthony-stewart> Visitor: My Life in Canada<https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/visitor> (Book reading and discussion)



  *   Nov. 7 @11:45AM: Dr. Debra Thompson,<https://www.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/debra-thompson> The Long Road Home: On Blackness and Belonging<https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/The-Long-Road-Home/Debra-Thompson/9781982182465> (Book reading and discussion)



  *   Nov. 14 @11:45AM: Sharon Bridgforth<https://www.sharonbridgforth.com/>, Love Conjure / Blues<https://vimeo.com/37003005> (Visual Installation<https://vimeo.com/37003005> and discussion of performance art)



  *   Nov. 28 @11:45AM: Dr. Daniel Black<https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/daniel-black-2021123834936>, Don’t Cry for Me<https://www.harpercollins.com/products/dont-cry-for-me-daniel-black?variant=39338262364194>, (2022 Book of The Year Award nominee; reading and discussion)


PLEASE CONTACT DR. VAY<mailto:vershawn.young at uwaterloo.ca> FOR THE LINK TO JOIN THESE ZOOM PRESENTATIONS.



ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE SENT ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE. NOTE: NO ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ELIZABETH WEST FOR 9/26. ARTICLES TO BE DISCUSSED ARE ATTACHED.


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