Monday, January 13th, 2020
Bucknell MLK Week 2020 Is ‘Time to Break the Silence’
Celebration to Feature Prominent Scholars, Performers Jan 20-26
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University’s 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Week will bring scholars and activists to campus Jan. 20-26 for performances,…
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Monday, August 26th, 2019
Sept. 24: Author of The Color of Law to Present Lecture
Bucknell’s education department will present Richard Rothstein, the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, for a free, public lecture on Tuesday,…
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Monday, September 16th, 2019
Sept. 28: Bucknell to Celebrate Carmen Gillespie’s Life
The Bucknell community has been deeply affected by the loss of Carmen Gillespie, professor of English and director of the Griot Center for the Study of Black Lives & Cultures.…
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Friday, January 10th, 2020
Jan. 20-26: Bucknell MLK Week 2020 Is ‘Time to Break the Silence’
Bucknell University’s 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Week will bring scholars and activists to campus Jan. 20-26 for performances, lectures and discussions that reflect upon Dr. King’s legacy within the…
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Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
Jan. 29: Poet, Activist Nikki Giovanni to Present Griot Institute Talk
American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni will present a free, public lecture entitled Grit, Grace and Glow as part of the Griot Institute‘s Black Radical Thought &…
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Friday, February 7th, 2020
Feb. 12: Pioneering Economist Hamilton to Discuss ‘A New Vision Beyond Neoliberalism’ in Griot Talk
Darrick Hamilton, executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University, will present a free, public lecture entitled “Breaking Up the…
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Monday, August 26th, 2019
Aug. 31: Griot Institute to Host Opening Event
The Griot Institute for the Study of Black Lives and Cultures celebrates the beginning of the new academic year and welcomes first-year students and the general public to an annual…
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2019
Bucknell Martin Luther King Jr. Week to Examine ‘Facing Change’
Bucknell University’s 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Week will feature five prominent scholars who will recall Dr. King’s legacy while discussing the “Facing Change” theme during a week-long series of…
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2018
Aug. 25: Griot Institute Opening Event to Celebrate New Academic Year
Bucknell’s Griot Institute for Africana Studies will celebrate the start of the new academic year for students, faculty and staff by holding its Opening Event on Saturday, Aug. 25 from…
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
Jan. 21-27: Martin Luther King Jr. Week Commemorates the ‘Facing Change’
Bucknell University’s 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Week will feature five prominent scholars who will recall Dr. King’s legacy while discussing the “Facing Change” theme during a week-long series of…
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Monday, February 4th, 2019
Feb. 6: American Civil War Museum CEO to Discuss ‘Reclaiming Black History in the American Civil War’
Christy S. Coleman, chief executive officer of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Va., will present a free, public talk entitled “Reclaiming Black History in the American Civil War,”…
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Monday, February 25th, 2019
Feb. 27: Edwidge Danticat to Discuss Black Unfamiliar in the 21st Century
Bucknell’s Griot Institute for Africana Studies will present award winning author Edwidge Danticat for a free, public talk entitled “The Black Unfamiliar in the 21st Century: (Re)Writing the Black Immigrant…
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
March 6: Social Entrepreneur DeShuna Spencer to Discuss Black Representation
Bucknell’s Griot Institute for Africana Studies will present social entrepreneur DeShuna Spencer for a free, public talk entitled “The Black Unfamiliar in the 21st Century: Black Representation” on Wednesday, March…
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Friday, March 8th, 2019
March 20: Author Margo Natalie Crawford to Discuss ‘Black Post-Blackness’
Bucknell’s Griot Institute for Africana Studies will present author Margo Natalie Crawford, a University of Pennsylvania professor of English who is a scholar of 20th and 21st century African American…
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Friday, March 8th, 2019
March 27: AfroSurrealism Author Rochelle Spencer to Speak in Griot Spring Lecture Program
Bucknell’s Griot Institute for Africana Studies will present Rochelle Spencer, a San Francisco Bay Area-based writer focused on AfroSurrealism, stories by and about people of color, and female empowerment, in…
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Friday, February 8th, 2019
April 10: Carol Wayne White to Speak About Black Lives and Sacred Humanity
Carol Wayne White, Bucknell religious studies professor, will deliver a free, public talk entitled “Black Lives and Sacred Humanity” on Wednesday, April 10 at 7 p.m. in Willard Smith Library,…
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Monday, October 9th, 2017
Oct. 21: ‘Dancing Mind Challenge’ Asks the Community to Unplug
The Griot Institute for Africana Studies, in partnership with Bucknell Library and Information Technology, will again host the Dancing Mind Challenge on Saturday, Oct. 21. The Dancing Mind Challenge began…
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2017
Jan. 15-21: Martin Luther King Jr. Week Explores ‘Critical Reflections on Current Struggles’
Bucknell University’s 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Week will feature five prominent scholars who will recall Dr. King’s legacy while providing “Critical Reflections on Current Struggles” during a week-long series…
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Thursday, January 25th, 2018
Jan. 31: Visiting Professor to Discuss Erasure of African-Americans from the Jonestown Narrative
Rebecca Moore, an emeritus professor of religious studies at San Diego State University, will discuss “The Erasure (and Re-Inscription) of African-Americans from the Jonestown Narrative” in the Gallery Theatre at…
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Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Feb. 14: Professor to Present Reading and Conversation of His Novel, Erasure
Percival Everett, a distinguished professor of English at the University of Southern California and author of nearly 30 books, will read from his novel, Erasure, and then lead conversation on…
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
Feb. 21: Author and Cornell Professor to Discuss Black Transsexual Figures, Violent Racist Suppression
Author and Cornell University professor C. Riley Snorton, who has been listed as one of “Ten Transgender People You Should Know” by Black Entertainment Television, will speak in the Griot…
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Friday, February 16th, 2018
Feb. 27-28: “A Band Called Death” Film Screening, Talk
The film “A Band Called Death” will be screened for free in the Gallery Theater, Elaine Langone Center, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. It was released in 2014,…
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Friday, February 23rd, 2018
March 7: Erasure Series Lecture to Focus on the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot
Scott Ellsworth, an author and noted scholar on the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, will discuss “The 1921 Tulsa Riot and the Erasure of Black History” on Wednesday, March 7…
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
March 20: Griot Institute to Screen Film ‘Let the Fire Burn’ in Campus Theatre
The film “Let the Fire Burn” will be screened in the Campus Theatre on Tuesday, March 20, at 7 p.m., followed by a conversation with the film’s director Jason Osder. …
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
March 21: Talk by Ramona Africa CANCELED
Ramona Africa is not able to come to campus for tonight’s talk due to weather/travel conditions. We apologize for the cancellation. Please see the webpage for information about the final…
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