All
events listed are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC unless otherwise noted.
2008 Spring
Events
Thursday, March 27th
12noon - 2:00 pm
Smut/Slackness in Caribbean Music
Carolyn Cooper
University of the West Indies
Shannon Dudley
University of Washington
Wayne Marshall
Brandeis University
Raquel Rivera
Hunter College
Moderated by
Timothy Rommen
Assistant Professor of Music
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Violence in Caribbean
Alissa Trotz
University of Toronto
Imani Tafari Ama
University of the West Indies
Amanda Romero
Legal Advocate for Afro-Colombians facing removal from their land
Moderated by
Ann Farnsworth-Alvear
Associate Professor of History
Director, Latin American and Latino Studies Program
Class of 1955 Conference Room ( Room 241)
2nd Floor Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
3420 Walnut Street
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Wednesday, April 16th
Brave Testimony
A celebration of poetry from the African diaspora
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Dub Poet
6:00pm
The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street
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Thursday, April 24th
A joint venture with The Wharton Sports Business Initiative
The Race and Sports Lecture
Established in 2002 to discuss issues of race and racism in American athletics
Commorating the 40th Anniversary of the 1968 Summer Olympics Protest
John Carlos
Harry Edwards
and
Tommy Smith
5:30pm
The Auditorium (G06)
Jon M. Huntsman Hall
38th and Walnut Streets
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