Previous LHC Events
October
Place, Race and Space Seminar
What: "Multiracial Adults and Self-Rated Health: The Role of Racial Identification and Neighborhood Context" - Jarron M. Saint Onge, University of Kansas
When: October 3 @ 3:30 pm
Where: The Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Cost per person: Open to Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities, and the Langston Hughes Center
Diverse Dialogues on Race and Culture
What: Fair Housing at 50: Then and Now - Shawn Alexander, Betty Bottiger, Clarence Lang and Fred Six
When: October 3 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Lawrence Public Library
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center, the Lawrence Public Library, the City of Lawrence and the Department of African and African-American Studies
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag
What: "Limitations and Possibilities in Researching the N-Word" - Tyler Parry and Clay Finn, California State University, Fullerton
When: October 17 @ 11:30 am
Where: The Langston Hughes Center, Bailey Hall, rm 1, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center and the Department of African and African-American Studies
September
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag
What: "Intersections: The Complexity of Nate Parker, Sexual Assault and Birth of a Nation" - Jameelah Jones, The University of Kansas
When: September 12 @ 11:30 am
Where: The Langston Hughes Center, Bailey Hall, rm 1, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center and the Department of African and African-American Studies
Place, Race and Space Seminar
What: "Down, Out, and Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life among the Urban Poor" - Forrest Stuart, University of Chicago
When: September 12 @ 3:30 pm
Where: The Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Cost per person: Open to Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities, the Langston Hughes Center, and the Urban Experience Seminar
Diverse Dialogues on Race and Culture
What: Welcome to Shelbyville film screening and discussion - Cecilia Menjavar and Jennifer Ng, University of Kansas
When: September 12 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Lawrence Public Library
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center, the Lawrence Public Library, Kansas African Studies Center, the Department of African and African-American Studies and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
An Evening with Jabari Asim: KU Common Book Keynote Lecture
What: An Evening with Jabari Asim
When: September 29 @ 5:00 pm
Where: Budig Hall, rm 130, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: First-Year Experience, the Department of African and African-American Studies, the Department of American Studies and the Langston Hughes Center
May
Place, Race and Space Seminar
What: "Legality, Racialization, and Immigrants' Experience of Ethnoracial Othering in Russia" - Victor Agadjanian & Cecilia Menjivar, University of Kansas
When: May 2 @ 3:30 pm
Where: The Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Cost per person: Open to Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities and the Langston Hughes Center
Unveiling of the We Shall Overcome Historical Marker
What: We Shall Overcome - 1965 Strong Hall Sit-In Historical Marker Unveiling
When: May 4 @ 4:00 pm
Where: Strong Hall Rm 330, The University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
April
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag
What: "Hamilton on Broadway: Moment or Movement?" - Henry Bial, The University of Kansas
When: April 11 @ 11:30 am
Where: The Langston Hughes Center, Bailey Hall, rm 1, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center and the Department of African and African-American Studies
Place, Race and Space Seminar
What: "What's in a Memory?: Race, Property and the Production of the Criminal at the Caravelle Leprosarium" - Christopher Perreira, University of Kansas
When: April 11 @ 3:30 pm
Where: The Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Cost per person: Open to Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities and the Langston Hughes Center
Diverse Dialogues on Race and Culture
What: Ebola: One Nurse's Story - Joey Scaletta, Director of Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Healthcare-Associated Infections program
When: April 12 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Lawrence Public Library
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center, the Lawrence Public Library, Kansas African Studies Center and the Department of African and African-American Studies
Diverse Dialogues on Race and Culture
What: Islamophobia - Naima Boussofara and Jessica Gerschultz, The University of Kansas
When: April 25 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Lawrence Public Library
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center, the Lawrence Public Library, Kansas African Studies Center and the Department of African and African-American Studies
March
Diverse Dialogues on Race and Culture
What: Jimi Hendrix: Blues Artist and Organic Intellectual - Tony Bolden, The University of Kansas
When: March 10 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Lawrence Public Library
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center, the Lawrence Public Library and the Department of African and African-American Studies
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag
What: "When Race Matters: Black Girls' Disciplinary Experiences in Zero Tolerance Schools" - Dorthy Hines-Datiri, The University of Kansas
When: March 21 @ 11:30 am
Where: The Langston Hughes Center, Bailey Hall, rm 1, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center and the Department of African and African-American Studies
Place, Race and Space Seminar
What: "Policing Immigrants: Dilemmas on the Front Lines of Immigration Control" - Amada Armenta, University of Pennsylvania
When: March 21 @ 3:30 pm
Where: The Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Cost per person: Open to Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities and the Langston Hughes Center
Make It Funky
What: Make it Funky: A Tribute to Kendrick Lamar
When: March 24 [Full Details Forthcoming]
Where: Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Department of African & African-American Studies and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
February
Black History Month: Book-to-Film Series
What: Black History Month: Book-to-Film Series - Beloved, Colored Purple, Disappearing Acts & The Women of Brewster Place
When: Thursdays and Sundays in February @ 6:30 pm
Where: For information about screening locations (HERE)
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (w/ RSVP)
Sponsors of this Event: UMKC Black Studies Program, Kansas City Public Library and the Black Archives of Mid-America w/ Bebe and Crosby Kemper Foundation and UMB Bank
Lunch & Learn
What: Race in TV/Media - Office of Multicultural Affairs, University of Kansas
When: February 1 @ 12:00 pm
Where: OMA Classroom, Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center
Cost per person: FREE but BYOL
Sponsors of this Event: Office of Multicultural Affairs
Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards
What: Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards
When: February 1 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Lawrence Arts Center | 940 New Hampshire St. | Lawrence, KS
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: Raven Book Store and the Lawrence Arts Center
This is Not Dixie
What: This is Not Dixie: Racist Violence in Kansas, 1861-1927 - Brent M. S. Campney, Texas-Rio Grande Valley
When: February 3 @ 6:30 pm
Where: Kansas City Central Library | 14 W. 10th St. | Kansas City, MO
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (w/ RSVP)
Sponsors of this Event: Kansas City Public Library
20th Century Civil Rights and Liberties Film Series
What: Spies of Mississippi, Rebecca Davis, University of Missouri, Kansas City
When: February 4 @ 6:30 pm
Where: National Archives at Kansas City
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (w/ RSVP)
Sponsors of this Event: Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group and the National Archives at Kansas City
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag
What: "A Whirling Demon": Jackie Steals Home & History - Raymond Doswell, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
When: February 8 @ 11: 30
Where: The Langston Hughes Center, Bailey Hall, rm 1, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center and the Department of African and African-American Studies
Place, Race and Space Seminar
What: "Understanding Mass Incarceration" - James Kilgore, University of Illinois
When: February 8 @ 3:30 pm
Where: The Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Cost per person: Open to Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities and the Langston Hughes Center
Black Panther Party
What: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
When: February 13 @ 11:00 am
Where: Kansas City Plaza Branch Library | 4801 Main St. | Kansas City, MO
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (w/ RSVP)
Sponsors of this Event: Kansas City Public Library
Kevin Powell
What: The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy's Journey To Manhood - Kevin Powell
When: February 17 @ 5:00 pm
Where: 110 Budig Hall, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Project on the History of Black Writing, First Year Experience, Office of Diversity & Equity, Department of English and Kansas Athletics
For More Information: [Here]
Black Literary Suite
What: Black Literary Suite: Sports Figures with a Kansas Connection
When: February 18 @ 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Where: 455 Watson Library, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Project on the History of Black Writing, University of Kansas Libraries and Kansas Athletics
For More Information: [Here]
Race and Sports Symposium
What: The Power of Sport: A Conversation on Business, Race and Sports
Keynote Address: Dave Zirin of the Nation
Panel Discussion: Wayne Simien, Ernie Shelby and Lisa Braddy - Moderated by Shawn Leigh Alexander
When: February 18 @ 6:00 pm
Where: Kansas Union Ballroom, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (With RSVP from EventBrite.)
Sponsors of this Event: The University of Kansas School of Business, The Langston Hughes Center, KU Athletics, KU Alumni Association, K-Club, and the Departments of African & African-American Studies and Health, Sport and Exercise Science
The Burning of Black Churches
What: Black History Month Program: The Burning of Black Churches - Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group
When: February 20 @ 1:30 - 4:00 pm
Where: Black Archives of Mid-America | 1722 E. 17th Terrace | Kansas City, MO
Cost per person: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group and the Black Archives of Mid-America
Desegregating Swope Park
What: Desegregating the Swope Park Swimming Pool - Thurgood Marshall Jr. and Alvin Brooks
When: February 25 @ 6:00 pm
Where: Kansas City Plaza Branch Library | 4801 Main St. | Kansas City, MO
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (w/ RSVP)
Sponsors of this Event: Kansas City Public Library
Black Scientists
What: An Evening with Black Physicists - Vera Loggins, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Kevin Reynolds, NASA Ames, and Christopher Bruner, Theresa Amante, and David Menager, University of Kansas
When: February 29 @ 7:00 pm
Where: The Commons, Spooner Hall, The University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Society of Black Engineers, and Department of African & African-American Studies
2015
September
Making Black Lives Matter
What: Making Black Lives Matter: One Year in the Movement, Bukky Gbadegesin, Saint Louis University
When: September 9 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Where: The Commons, Spooner Hall
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: Office of Multicultural Affairs, Departments of African and African-American Studies and American Studies, and The Langston Hughes Center
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David Roediger
What: 2015 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award public talk, David Roediger, University of Kansas
When: September 10 @ 4:00 pm
Where: Hall Center Conference Hall, The Hall Center for the Humanities
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities
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Jesse B. Semple Brownbag
What: Concrete Demands: The Search for Black Power in the 20th Century, Rhonda Y. Williams, Case Western Reserve University
When: September 14 @ 11:30 am
Where: Langston Hughes Center, Bailey Hall, rm. 1
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center
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Place, Race and Space Seminar
What: Police and Inequality - Steven Herbert, University of Washington
When: September 14 @ 3:30 pm
Where: Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Cost per person: Open to Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities, The Langston Hughes Center, Institute for Policy and Social Research, and the Departments of Geography and Sociology
October
20th Century Civil Rights & Liberties Film Series
What: Free Angela & All Political Prisoners
When: October 1 @ 6:00 pm.
Where: National Archived at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO [400 W Pershing Road]
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC with RSVP
Sponsors of this Event: National Archived at Kansas City and Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group
About: Read More
Detroit '67
What: Detroit '67 - KU University Theatre
When: October 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, & 8 check the link below for times.
Where: William Inge Memorial Theatre, University of Kansas
Cost per person: Check the link below for prices
Sponsors of this Event: Department of Theatre
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West of Harlem
What: West of Harlem: African American Writers and the Borderlands, Emily Lutenski
When: October 8 @ 6:00 pm.
Where: Central Library, Kansas City, MO [14 W 10th St.]
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC with RSVP
Sponsors of this Event: Kansas City Public Library
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Protecting the Vote Symposium
What: Protecting the Vote: Dialogues on Citizenship, Elections and the Franchise
Participants Will Include:
When: October 8 @ 1:30 - 7:30 pm
Where: Panel Presentations (1:30-4:40 pm) - Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Where: Keynote Presentation (5:30-7:30 pm) - The Commons, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC with RSVP
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities, The Langston Hughes Center, Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Provost, College of Liberal Arts and Science, School of Law, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Institute for Policy & Social Research, and the Departments of African & African-American Studies and Political Science
Diverse Dialogues on Race and Culture
What: Driving While Black, Charles Epp, University of Kansas
When: October 14 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Lawrence Public Library
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center and the Lawrence Public Library
Semple Brownbag
What: Haitian Hollywood: Recreating Home in Exile, Cécile Accilien, University of Kansas
When: October 19 @ 11:30 am
Where: Langston Hughes Center, Bailey Hall, rm. 1
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center
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Place, Race and Space Seminar
What: "Street-Level Bureaucracy Theory, and the Myth of 'One Bad Apple': Policing in Local Communities" - Shannon Portillo, University of Kansas
When: October 19 @ 3:30 pm
Where: Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Cost per person: Open to Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities and The Langston Hughes Center
Humanities Lecture Series
What: "On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City" - Alice Goffman, University of Wisconsin
When: October 21 @ 7:30 pm
Where: The Commons, Spooner Hall, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities
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What: "A Conversation with Alice Goffman" - Alice Goffman, University of Wisconsin
When: October 22 @ 10:00 am
Where: The Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities
The Tuttle Lecture
What: Tuttle Lecture - Tiya Miles, University of Michigan
When: October 22 @ 4:00 pm
Where: Woodruff Auditorium, The Kansas Union, University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: Department of American Studies
About: Read More
November
University Community Forum
What: Racial Violence and the KKK Hearings: Lessons of the Past for Today - Shawn Leigh Alexander, University of Kansas
When: November 4 @ 11:30 am
Where: Ecumenical Campus Ministries
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: Ecumenical Campus Ministries
Research on the Leading Edge
What: Legal Fictions: Constituting Race, Composing Literature - Karla Holloway, Duke University
When: November 5 @ 3:30 pm
Where: The Hall Center for the Humanities
Cost per person: Open to Faculty and Graduate Students with RSVP
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center of the Humanities
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Place, Race and Space Seminar
What: "Police Brutality: The Centrality of Race and Place" - Malcolm Dwight Holmes, University of Wyoming
When: November 9 @ 3:30 pm
Where: Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Cost per person: Open to Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities and The Langston Hughes Center
Torchbearers of Democracy
What: Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era - Chad Williams, Brandeis University
When: November 10 @ 7:00 pm.
Where: The Commons, Spooner Hall, The University of Kansas
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: KU First-Year Experience, the Langston Hughes Center, KU WWI Centennial Commemoration and the Department of African and African-American Studies
Diverse Dialogues on Race and Culture
What: Boko Haram - Beverly Mack, Ebenezer Obadare, and Stacey Leigh Vanderhurst, University of Kansas
When: November 11 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Lawrence Public Library
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center, the Lawrence Public Library, the Kansas African Studies Center and the Department of African & African-American Studies
December
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag
What: Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People: History and Memory, Michael Simanga, Georgia State University
When: December 7 @ 11:30 am
Where: Langston Hughes Center, Bailey Hall, rm. 1
Cost per person: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sponsors of this Event: The Langston Hughes Center
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Place, Race and Space Seminar
What: "How Police Stops Enforce Racial Hierarchy" - Chuck Epp, University of Kansas
When: December 7 @ 3:30 pm
Where: Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Cost per person: Open to Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students
Sponsors of this Event: The Hall Center for the Humanities and The Langston Hughes Center
Chuck Epp, University of Kansas