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Nov
10

47th Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture with Dr. Ousseina Alidou, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Part of the Fall 2025 Humanities Forum

Location

University Center : Ballroom

Date & Time

November 10, 2025, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Description

For their 47th annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture, the Department of Africana Studies presents Ecological Thoughts in Sahel West African Women's Literary and Cultural Narratives In the 47th...
Ousseina Alidou is smiling towards the camera. She is seated in front of a patterned background.

Nov
11

(Partner Event) Epistemic Dissonance: Trans*lating Across the Black Atlantic

Location

Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building (ILSB) : 301

Date & Time

November 11, 2025, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Description

Join Dr. Tanya Saunders and the translators from Brazil for this event.  The program centers around the launch of two books, Bondage: Anti-Blackness and Ancestrality and Epistemic Dissonance: The...

Nov
13

Hilltop Print Shop letterpress and papermaking hands-on demonstrations

Make your own and learn about the equipment available

Location

Sherman Hall : 202A

Date & Time

November 13, 2025, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Description

RSVP on the original myUMBC post Join the Print Culture and Archives working group and the Hilltop Print Shop for a hands-on exploration of early printing methods! We'll be set up in the LLC...