Rutgers: Department of African American and African Studies

NEWS / EVENTS

Inside Man: An Actor’s Perspective on Race and American Media Today
December 7 , 2006

The Department of African-American and African Studies is hosting a discussion with Ed Blunt on Thursday, December 7, 2006 from 10:00 to 11:20 a.m. in the Dana Room, located on the fourth floor of Dana Library.

Ed Blunt

Mr. Blunt is an accomplished actor who has been featured in film, television and on the Broadway stage. His most recent work includes a role in Spike Lee's drama Inside Man and the Broadway production of Julius Caesar featuring Denzel Washington. His film and television credits include Spike Lee's Bamboozled, The Interpreter with Sean Penn, The Exonerated, Law & Order, Third Watch and The Jury. His on-stage appearances include Six Degrees of Separation, TopDog Underdog and Gem of the Ocean. He graduated with honors from Morehouse College and received his training as an actor from the St. Petersburg Drama Academy in Russia and the prestigious Yale School of Drama.

Discussion questions will include: What is the artist’s responsibility to his/her cultural community, to society, and to him/herself? ? Do artists of color have a special/distinct responsibility that mainstream actors do not bear? ? Are contemporary portrayals more complex and multi-dimensional or do stereotypes prevail? ? Who is responsible for the images we see of African Americans in film/ television? ? What is the role of the audience in determining the images available to us?

Islam, Tradition and Modernity
November 28, 2006

Dr. Samira Haj, Associate Professor of History at the College of Staten Island - CUNY and the Graduate Center - CUNY and author of The Making of Iraq, 1900-1963: Capital, Power and Ideology, will be visiting Rutgers-Newark to discuss Islam, Tradition and Modernism on Tuesday, November 28th, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Dana Room, located on the fourth floor of Dana Library. Light refreshments will be provided.

This presentation is sponsored by the Department of African-American and African Studies, the Department of Philosophy, and the Women's Studies Program with support from the Horn of Africa Journal.

congratulations class of 2006!
May 2006

The Department of African-American and African Studies congratulates the 2006 senior class. The Department would especially like to acknowledge, Mr. Nnamdi Keith Jones and Ms. Nicole Scott-Harris, co-recipients of our Wendell A. Jean-Pierre Award as the graduating seniors who best exemplifies the Department's mission to combine scholastic excellence with service to the field and to the community.

Pictured from left to right: Nicole Scott-Harris, Wendell Holbrook, Nnamdi Jones
Senior Awards Ceremony, May 16, 2006

ARE WE IN DANGER OF LOSING OUR RIGHT TO VOTE?
Voting rights issues for the African–American Community, people of color and the poor
MAY 1, 2006

Debo Adegbile and Ryan Haygood, civil rights attorneys with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., ("LDF") will speak and entertain questions on the topic of Felon Disenfranchisement and Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This criminal justice issue is one of the most pressing concerns in the African-American community, among people of color more broadly, and among the poor.

This presentation, sponsored by the Department of African-American and African Studies, will be held on Monday, May 1st in the Dana Room, 4th floor of Dana Library from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.

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