OID Signature Speaker Series: Dante Pelzer
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Black History Month Events
Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
OID Signature Speaker Series: Dante Pelzer
School of Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering Building , 129
202 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29401
Contact: Courtney Howard howardca1@cofc.edu
Free and open to the public
Join the Office of Institutional Diversity Black History Month Signature Speaker Series. Our second speaker will be Dante Pelzer, associate director of student diversity in the Office of Student Engagement at the Medical University of South Carolina. Pelzer will speak about diversity and under-representation in the health professions.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
“re\Defining Black Fraternalism: Toward a More Trans/gressive Reading Practice," with Antron D. Mahoney
Education Center , Septima Clark Memorial Auditorium, Room 118
25 St Philip St, Charleston, SC 29424
Contact: Meaghan Poyer aastinfo@cofc.edu
Free and open to the public
Join African American studies for a New Faculty Lecture, "re\Defining Black Fraternalism: Toward a More Trans/gressive Reading Practice," with Antron D. Mahoney.
The history and development of Black Greek-lettered organizations is often read or understood in ways that construct a limited black political imagination – specifically, relegating or excluding queer experiences. In this lecture, Mahoney will explore an alternative reading of black fraternity as always already complex and capable of a more expansive black politic.
Thursday, February 22, 2024, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
OID Signature Speaker Series: Etu Evans
School of Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering Building , 129
202 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29401
Contact: Courtney Howard howardca1@cofc.edu
Free and open to the public
Join us for the Office of Institutional Diversity Black History Month Signature Speaker Series. Our third and final speaker will be Etu Evans, celebrity shoe designer, Solesville Foundation founder and media guru. Despite being labeled as learning disabled in middle school in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Etu Evans earned two degrees and began his own fashion design company. His fashion-forward footwear designs have been worn by Beyoncé, Danny Glover, Hally Berry and more. He founded the Solesville Foundation that collects and distributes shoes where they are needed. Etu Evans will speak on the topic, "The Power of a Footprint."
Thursday February 22, 2024, 3:15 p.m to 4:15 p.m.
"Charleston and Rurality."
School of Education Alumni Center
86 Wentworth St, Charleston, SC 29424
Contact: Valerie Frazier
Join the 1967 Legacy Program for a lecture featuring alumna Cherrise Jones-Branch (class of 1994 and 1997). Dr. Jones-Branch is Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of History at Arkansas State University. She will be speaking on the topic, "Charleston and Rurality."
Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
50 Years of Hip-Hop, 38 Years of Friendship: a Conversation with 9th Wonder
Rita Liddy Hollings Science Center, 101
58 Coming St, Charleston, SC 29424
Contact: Meaghan Poyer aastinfo@cofc.edu
Free and open to the public
The African American Studies Program and the Arts Management Program with generous support by the Quattlebaum Artists in Residence Fund, the School of the Arts and the Office of Intitutional Diversity invite you to a conversation with Grammy Award-winning producer 9th Wonder.
Patrick Douthit, professionally known as 9th Wonder, is a hip-hop record producer, record executive, and DJ from North Carolina. He began his career as one of the founding members of the N.C.-based hip-hop group Little Brother. He gained recognition and critical acclaim for his production on their debut 2003 release, The Listening. The success of this album, along with a growing fan base, 9th Wonder caught the ear of Jay-Z’s engineer Young Guru. An invitation to showcase his talents for Jay-Z led to 9th Wonder producing "Threat" for Jay-Z's Black Album. Over the span of a 20+ year career, he has worked with Destiny’s Child, Eryka Badu, Talib Kweli, Ludacris, David Banner and Kendrick Lamar – to name a few.
Since 2007, 9th Wonder has served as artist-in-residence/visiting professor at various educational institutions such as N.C. Central, Duke, Wake Forest and most recently at Roc Nation School of Music/Sports Entertainment at Long Island University. He teaches courses on the history of hip-hop and Introduction to Hip-Hop Production.
Thursday, February 29, 2024, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
“Black and Indigenous Solidarities and Antagonisms,"
Education Center , Septima Clark Memorial Auditorium, Room 118
25 St Philip St, Charleston, SC 29424
Join the Department of History for its annual Black History Month lecture on the topic, "Black and Indigenous Solidarities and Antagonisms," with Alaina E. Roberts.
Dr. Alaina E. Roberts is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, where she studies the intersection of Black and Native American Life from the Civil War to the modern day. Dr. Roberts is the author of I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land, which was awarded the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize and the Western History Association’s John C. Ewers Award and W. Turrentine Jackson Book Prize. Dr. Roberts has written multiple academic essays as well as op-eds and profiles for the Washington Post, TIME magazine, and High Country News. Her research has been featured in CNN, the New York Times, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic.
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