DEPARTMENTAL NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Fall 2006: FACULTY VACANCY - Assistant Professor [concentration in African Diaspora]; Please click on "Fall 2006" to download the PDF containing more information
- Summer 2006: The Department sponsors an Exhibition at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Spring, 2006: The Department hosts an exhibition of William Y. Cooper's paintings.
- April 27, 2006: The Department hosts "Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day"
- April 4, 2006: Dr. Williams receives recognition from Buffalo Evening News.
- March 15, 2006: Professor Pappas exhibits his work at Wells College.
- Spring 2006: Dr. Williams presents a paper at a conference on African American Studies in Poland.
- January 31, 2006: The Department notes with great sorrow the passing of Coretta Scott King.
- October 24, 2005: The Department notes with great sorrow the passing of Rosa Parks.
- October 28, 2005. Department mentioned in NPR news segment on the Niagara Movement
- Fall 2005 Dr. Keith Griffler, a new faculty member, joins the department.
- October 21, 2005. Department Chair receives award.
- Fall 2005: Buffalo hosts the ASALH conference.
- Fall 2005: The Department sponsors an Exhibition at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Summer/Fall 2005: The Department celebrates the centennial of the founding of the Niagara Movement.
- Summer 2005: Marking the 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.
- July 9, 2005: The County of Niagara and others issue proclamations as the Department celebrates the centennial of the founding of the Niagara Movement.
- Spring 2005: 80th anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X.
- April 7, 2005: The Minority Faculty and Staff Association sponsors a lecture by Professor Michael Eric Dyson.
- April 25, 2005: African American Studies co-sponsors a lecture by visiting scholar Kevin Boyle.
- March 21, 2005: African American Studies co-sponsors a lecture by Professor William L. Andrews.
- March 2-April 15, 2005: African American Studies co-sponsors lectures in conjunction with the NEH funded exhibition: "Forever Free."
- February 10, 2005: A lecture by Dr. Francoise Pfaff on women in African Films.
- January 1, 2005: The Department notes with great sorrow the passing of Shirley Chisholm
- Spring 2005: African American Studies helps sponsor UB's 9th International Women's Film Festival (January 27 through March 3, 2005).
- October 26, 2004: A Video conference with the Zurich Jazz Institute
- The Department celebrates the art of Professor James G. Pappas
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OTHER NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Spring 2005: PBS to screen program on slavery titled "Slavery and the Making of America." Other upcoming PBS programs of relevance include American Experience "Malcolm X - Make it Plain" and "Race: The Power of an Illusion."
- Spring 2004: Essay Contest to mark the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
- Spring/Fall 2004: Brown v. Board of Education digital archive at University of Michigan.
- Spring/Fall 2004:2004 is the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition. Click here for more information (you will be taken to a page at the Unesco web site).
Last Modified: December 20, 2006
