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Film Series: Abu-Assad’s ‘Paradise Now,’ April 11

Film Series: Abu-Assad’s ‘Paradise Now,’ April 11

The new Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film Series presents Palestinian filmmaker Abu-Assad’s Paradise Now (2005) on Saturday, April 11, at 3 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Admission is free. Paradise Now follows two Palestinian childhood friends who have been recruited for a strike on Tel Aviv and focuses on their […]

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April 1, 2015 at 9:30 pmEvents

Love and Hate | Spirituality, Sexuality, and Race on ‘Empire,’ April 14

Love and Hate | Spirituality, Sexuality, and Race on ‘Empire,’ April 14

The Between Love and Hate theme presents “The Devil Quotes Scripture: Intersections of Spirituality, Sexuality, and Race on Empire” on Tuesday, April 14, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Faculty Commons on the third floor of Alden Library. Empire is the new Fox hit that drew 17 million viewers […]

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April 1, 2015 at 8:45 pmEvents

Black Notes: One Woman Performance, April 15

Black Notes: One Woman Performance, April 15

The annual Najee E. Muhammad Memorial Lecture features Dr. Mary E. Weems presenting “Black Notes: One Woman Performance” on Wednesday, April 15, at 7 p.m. in Galbreath Chapel. A book signing follows the lecture. Weems is a poet, playwright, imagination-intellect theorist and social-cultural foundations of education scholar. She is the […]

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April 1, 2015 at 8:30 pmEvents

Representin’: Politics of Black Pop Culture in Era of #BlackLivesMatter, April 16

Dr. Treva Lindsey

Dr. Treva Lindsey discusses “Representin’: The Politics of Black Pop Culture in the Era of #BlackLivesMatter” on Thursday, April 16, from 4-6 p.m. in Bentley Hall 129. Lindsey is Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Ohio University. She specializes in black feminist theory, women’s history, and popular […]

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April 1, 2015 at 8:15 pmEvents

Film Series: Alex Rivera’s ‘Sleep Dealer,’ March 21

Film Series: Alex Rivera’s ‘Sleep Dealer,’ March 21

The new Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film Series presents Alex Rivera’s Sleep Dealer (2009) on Saturday, March 21, at 3 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Admission is free. In Sleep Dealer, when Memo Cruz’s family is victim of a drone attack he finds himself with no option but to head […]

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March 21, 2015 at 7:00 pmEvents

Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film: ‘Unveiled,’ March 14

Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film: ‘Unveiled,’ March 14

The new Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film Series presents Unveiled (2005) by the German director Angelina Maccarone, an American filmmaker of a Peruvian background, on Saturday, March 14, at 3 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Admission is free. In Unveiled, Fabria, prosecuted in Iran because of her love affair […]

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March 14, 2015 at 8:45 pmEvents

Jeffries Reads from ‘A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women,’ Feb. 26

A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women book cover

The Department of African American Studies invites the campus community to celebrate the release of its newest faculty member’s book, A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women, on Thursday, Feb. 26, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Little Professors Bookstore. The event includes a reading, a brief discussion, […]

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February 26, 2015 at 5:45 pmEvents