Spring 2024 Events
A Conversation with Howard French
Gannett Auditorium, Thursday, March 7th, 5:30-6:30 PM.
Skidmore and Capital District community members are invited to a conversation with Columbia Journalism Professor and former New York Times Senior Writer Howard French.
Professor French will discuss his book, Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, which was named a book of the year by the Financial Times and Amazon. It also won the 2022 MAAH Stone Award and the Hurston Wright Legacy Award.
We will discuss Africa’s erasure from the story of modernity’s origins and the profound roles of African gold, African labor, and African rebellion in shaping our contemporary realities.
French’s book upends the Columbus narratives of discovery to truly center Blackness and African Agency in the making of our modern world.
The event is sponsored by Political Science, Black Studies, Intergroup Relations, International Affairs, History, and the Office of the President’s Racial Justice Initiative.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE’S
INTERGROUP RELATIONS PROGRAM
AND
BLACK STUDIES PROGRAM
PRESENT
A BLACK WOMAN SPEAKS
Co-sponsored by
the Gender Studies
Program
Inspired by the IGR/BST course A Black Woman Speaks: Will you fight with me?
February 29, 2024
6pm, Helen Filene Concert Hall
Arthur Zankel Music Center
This year features 2023 National Women’s Hall of Fame inductee
LORETTA J. ROSS
Exploremore 2024
Thursday, February 22nd, 4:30-5:30 pm, Murray-Aikins Dining Hall 2nd Floor
Come explore minors and courses that will...
- Engage you with your community
- Broaden your perspectives
- Foster dialogue
Co-sponsored by Black Studies, Intergroup Relations, and LACLAS.
Black Excellence Career Affair
Thursday, February 8, 5:30pm
D-Hall, 2nd Floor, Rooms 3 & 4
Sponsored by: The Career Development Center, Dean of Students, Black Studies, AHA, BSU, CROWN, UJIMA & Advancement
