University of California Consortium for Black Studies in California (A Multi-Campus Research Program and Initiative) presents:
Rising Scholars Book Seminar Series, featuring
Recent Books in Black Studies Published by UC Irvine Faculty
Winter Quarter 2016
Bi-Weekly Wednesdays – 3-5PM
Humanities Gateway Rooms 1010 and 1030, UC Irvine Campus
January 13
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard (African American Studies, UC Irvine)
13th Humanities Gateway Room 1010, 3-5PM
Waste of a White Skin: The Carnegie Corporation and the Racial Logic of White Vulnerability. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2015.
Discussants: Jodi Kim (Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside) and Kris Peterson (Anthropology, UC Irvine)
An Event of the UC Irvine Workshop in Black Feminism and Critical Thought (FACT), a Consortium Program. Co-sponsored by the Department of African American Studies
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January 27
Jessica Millward (History, UC Irvine)
Humanities Gateway Room 1030, 3-5PM
Finding Charity's Folk: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2015.
Discussants: Sara Clarke Kaplan (Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego) and Alex Borucki (History, UC Irvine)
A Joint Event of the UC Irvine Workshops in Critical Historiography and Social Theoretical Enquiry (CHASTE) and in Black Feminism and Critical Thought (FACT), both Consortium Programs. Co-sponsored by the Department of History
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February 10: William H. Bridges IV (East Asian Languages and Literatures, UC Irvine) - Humanities Gateway Room 1010, 3-5PM
Traveling Texts and the Work of Afro-Japanese Cultural Production: Two Haiku and a Microphone. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015.
A discussion with the editors, contributor, and special guests.
William H. Bridges IV (East Asian Languages and Literatures, UC Irvine), editor
Nina Cornyetz (Gallatin School, NYU), editor
Anne McKnight (English, Shirayuri University), contributor
Guests: Annmaria Shimabuku (Comparative Literature, UC Riverside), Wendy Matsumura (History, UC San Diego), and Margherita R. Long (East Asian Languages and Literatures, UC Irvine)
An Event of the UC Irvine Workshop in Blackness and Asia (BASIC), a Consortium Program. Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
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February 24
Kristin Peterson (Anthropology, UC Irvine)
24th Humanities Gateway Room 1030, 3-5PM
Speculative Markets: Drug Circuits and Derivative Life in Nigeria. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014.
Discussants: G. Ugo Nwokeji (African American and African Diaspora Studies, UC Berkeley) and Cori Hayden (Anthropology, UC Berkeley)
An Event of the UC Irvine, Workshop in Science, Technology, and Race (STAR), a Consortium Program. Co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology
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March 2
Alex Borucki (History, UC Irvine)
2nd Humanities Gateway Room 1010, 3-5PM
Alex Borucki. From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Río de la Plata. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2015.
Discussants: David Luis Brown (English, Claremont Graduate University), Sharla Fett (History, Occidental College), Armin Schwegler (Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine) and Horacio Legras (Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine)
An Event of the UC Irvine, Workshop in Critical Historiography and Social Theoretical Enquiry (CHASTE), a Consortium Program. Co-sponsors: UC Irvine Departments of African American Studies and History
Limited copies of each book will be available for purchase. Light Refreshments will be available. For more information contact: blackthought@uci.edu.
Rising Scholars Book Seminar Series, featuring
Recent Books in Black Studies Published by UC Irvine Faculty
Winter Quarter 2016
Bi-Weekly Wednesdays – 3-5PM
Humanities Gateway Rooms 1010 and 1030, UC Irvine Campus
January 13
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard (African American Studies, UC Irvine)
13th Humanities Gateway Room 1010, 3-5PM
Waste of a White Skin: The Carnegie Corporation and the Racial Logic of White Vulnerability. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2015.
Discussants: Jodi Kim (Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside) and Kris Peterson (Anthropology, UC Irvine)
An Event of the UC Irvine Workshop in Black Feminism and Critical Thought (FACT), a Consortium Program. Co-sponsored by the Department of African American Studies
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January 27
Jessica Millward (History, UC Irvine)
Humanities Gateway Room 1030, 3-5PM
Finding Charity's Folk: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2015.
Discussants: Sara Clarke Kaplan (Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego) and Alex Borucki (History, UC Irvine)
A Joint Event of the UC Irvine Workshops in Critical Historiography and Social Theoretical Enquiry (CHASTE) and in Black Feminism and Critical Thought (FACT), both Consortium Programs. Co-sponsored by the Department of History
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February 10: William H. Bridges IV (East Asian Languages and Literatures, UC Irvine) - Humanities Gateway Room 1010, 3-5PM
Traveling Texts and the Work of Afro-Japanese Cultural Production: Two Haiku and a Microphone. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015.
A discussion with the editors, contributor, and special guests.
William H. Bridges IV (East Asian Languages and Literatures, UC Irvine), editor
Nina Cornyetz (Gallatin School, NYU), editor
Anne McKnight (English, Shirayuri University), contributor
Guests: Annmaria Shimabuku (Comparative Literature, UC Riverside), Wendy Matsumura (History, UC San Diego), and Margherita R. Long (East Asian Languages and Literatures, UC Irvine)
An Event of the UC Irvine Workshop in Blackness and Asia (BASIC), a Consortium Program. Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
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February 24
Kristin Peterson (Anthropology, UC Irvine)
24th Humanities Gateway Room 1030, 3-5PM
Speculative Markets: Drug Circuits and Derivative Life in Nigeria. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014.
Discussants: G. Ugo Nwokeji (African American and African Diaspora Studies, UC Berkeley) and Cori Hayden (Anthropology, UC Berkeley)
An Event of the UC Irvine, Workshop in Science, Technology, and Race (STAR), a Consortium Program. Co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology
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March 2
Alex Borucki (History, UC Irvine)
2nd Humanities Gateway Room 1010, 3-5PM
Alex Borucki. From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Río de la Plata. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2015.
Discussants: David Luis Brown (English, Claremont Graduate University), Sharla Fett (History, Occidental College), Armin Schwegler (Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine) and Horacio Legras (Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine)
An Event of the UC Irvine, Workshop in Critical Historiography and Social Theoretical Enquiry (CHASTE), a Consortium Program. Co-sponsors: UC Irvine Departments of African American Studies and History
Limited copies of each book will be available for purchase. Light Refreshments will be available. For more information contact: blackthought@uci.edu.