Lectures and Events

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Events

There are currently no upcoming or ongoing events.

Past Events

Sam Collins III standing in front of a large mural

In search of a more inclusive history, public historian and community activist Sam Collins III will share how he has worked to “fill in the gaps” in our shared story. His scholarship spans U.S. and Mexican history as well as the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The talk is co-sponsored by the Poughkeepsie community organization Celebrating the African Spirit, whose co-chair Carmen McGill will introduce the speaker.

headshot of Dr. Jonathan Michael Square of Parsons School of Design

Dr. Square is Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design and a fellow in the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He will speak about his present research, which explores connections between histories of enslavement and the fashion system.

head shot of Aliyah Khan of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

In service of dispelling ahistorical notions that Muslim history in the Americas begins with September 11, 2001, and is centered in the U.S., Dr. Kahn of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will explore the colonial and postcolonial trajectory of Black Muslim literacy, literature, and cultural production in the Caribbean.