Selected Events

September 2020

Naming a Transnational Black Feminist Framework

September 23 | online | 2:30-4 p.m. EST

In collaboration with the Ethnographies of Empire Faculty Cluster at the School of International Service (SIS), the SIS Office of Research, and the SIS PhD program, the ARPC will be hosting Dr. K. Melchor Quick Hall for a talk on her recent book "Writing in Darkness: Naming a Transnational Black Feminist Framework." Register for Naming a Transnational Black Feminist Framework.

AU Museum: Border Wall

September 24 | online | 12:30 p.m. EST

Curator Jennifer Sakai presents on the photography of Allan Gerson (1945-2019), whose outsized images of the Mexican border wall highlight the stories of dreamers. Register for Boarder Wall.

Overture: 200222020

September 25 & 26 | online | 7:30 p.m. EST

What does it feel like to be eighteen at this complicated and problematic time? Join this year’s incoming theatre class to theatrically explore their unprecedented journey through stories, scenes and songs. Overture Tickets.

Nourishing Black Futures

September 30 | online | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. EST

Join the AU Antiracist Research & Policy Center for a panel discussion with scholars and activists on how we nourish Black futures through food and maternal health justice. Register for Nourishing Black Futures.

 

October 2020

Queer Threads: Fiber Artist Paolo Aaro

October 1 | online | 6 p.m. EST

Queer Threads is an evolving curatorial project organized by John Chaich that spotlights contemporary LGBTQ artists who are remixing fiber and textile traditions. Paolo Arao is a Brooklyn-based, Filipino-American artist working with textiles. Register for Arao.

DFT 2020: The District Fourier Talks

October 17 | online | 9 a.m.-4 p.m. EST

The District Fourier Talks is the inaugural conference for an annual meeting of local mathematicians, engineers, and applied scientists. Learn more about DFT