Black Power Panel

Due to weather conditions, this event has been rescheduled for April 22, 2010.

Black Power Panel

Thursday, February 11, 2010

7:00 p.m. Science Center 101

“Black power represents one of the most enduring and controversial stories of racial tumult, social protest, and political upheaval of our time, complete with a cast of tragic and heroic historical characters: Black Muslims, FBI agents, Martin Luther King Jr., Black Panthers, Carmichael, Lyndon B. Johnson, the New Left, and Fidel Castro all play major and minor parts in the era this movement helped define. Black power’s reach was global, spanning continents and crossing oceans.”

– Peniel Joseph, The

Chronicle Review 2006

Panel Participants:

  • Prof. Robyn Spencer, History, Lehman College
    • The Black Panther Party’s Evolution in Oakland (work in progress)
  • Prof. Christopher Strain, American Studies, Florida Atlantic University
    • Pure Fire: Self?Defense as Activism in the Civil Rights Era
  • Prof. Rhonda Williams, History, Case Western Reserve University, The
    • Politics of Public Housing: Black Women’s Struggles Against Urban Inequality
  • Prof. Yohuru Williams, African American History, Fairfield University,
    • Black Politics/White Power: Civil Rights, Black Power and Black Panthers in New Haven

Sponsored by Black Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Department of Political Science, the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, the Black Cultural Center, and the Dean’s Office for Multicultural Affairs

contact:  Anna Everetts, Programs Office, Swarthmore College, aeveret1@swarthmore.edu

Black Power Panel

Thursday, February 11, 2010

7:00 p.m. Science Center 101

“Black power represents one of the most enduring and controversial

stories of racial tumult, social protest, and political upheaval of our time,

complete with a cast of tragic and heroic historical characters: Black

Muslims, FBI agents, Martin Luther King Jr., Black Panthers, Carmichael,

Lyndon B. Johnson, the New Left, and Fidel Castro all play major and

minor parts in the era this movement helped define. Black power’s reach

was global, spanning continents and crossing oceans.” Peniel Joseph, The

Chronicle Review 2006

Panel Participants:

  • Prof. Robyn Spencer, History, Lehman College
    • The Black Panther Party’s Evolution in Oakland (work in progress)
  • Prof. Christopher Strain, American Studies, Florida Atlantic University
    • Pure Fire: Self?Defense as Activism in the Civil Rights Era
  • Prof. Rhonda Williams, History, Case Western Reserve University, The
    • Politics of Public Housing: Black Women’s Struggles Against Urban Inequality
  • Prof. Yohuru Williams, African American History, Fairfield University,
    • Black Politics/White Power: Civil Rights, Black Power and Black Panthers in New Haven

Sponsored by Black Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Department of

Political Science, the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, the

Black Cultural Center, and the Dean’s Office for Multicultural Affairs

contact:  Anna Everetts, Programs Office, Swarthmore College, aeveret1@swarthmore.edu

Tweeting in Tehran: Lessons on How to Win (or Lose) a Revolution in the 21st Century

From the Daily Gazette

by ALEX FRIEDFELD, STAFF REPORTER December 3, 2009

Photo by Se Eun Gong

In a lecture Tuesday, Kourouss Esmaeli discussed the Iranian election that occurred on June 12, 2009, its aftermath, and the role technology played in this demonstration of opposition. The lecture, titled “Tweeting in Tehran: Lessons on How to Win (or Lose) a Revolution in the 21st Century,” was sponsored by the History department, in conjunction with Political Science and Religion Departments, Film & Media Studies, Islamic Studies, and Peace & Conflict Studies Programs.

Read the full story in The Daily Gazette.

A podcast of the event is available

Helen North Lecture Given on February 2

The tenth annual Helen F. North Classics lecture was given on Tuesday, February 2nd by Professor Carmela Vircillo Franklin of the American Academy in Rome.  Professor Franklin discussed “Cultural Appropriation: The case of medieval Echternach and Napoleonic France” .

Theatre of Witness presents ‘We Carried Your Secrets’

Students participating in the college’s off-campus study program in Northern Ireland have had a unique opportunity to work with Swarthmore Visiting Instructor Teya Sepinuck on Theatre of Witness productions at the Playhouse in Derry/Londonderry. An enthusiastic review has been written about the play in the Derry Journal, and you can read more and listen to a podcast with Teya Sepinuck at culturenorthernireland.org Caitlin O’Neill ’10 worked on the production last semester. Samia Abbass ’11 (PCS special major) and Sarah Brajtbord ’11 are working on the production this semester. Devon Novotnak ’11 will be working on a new Theatre of Witness production in the spring.

Teya320xTrue stories of silence, secrecy and healing.Theatre of Witness presents ‘We Carried Your Secrets’

By Eamon Baker

‘We Carried Your Secrets’ is a multimedia production which unites a group of fathers who are ex-combatants and who were on the front lines during the Troubles.

Together they share their shadow stories of the conflict, their reasons for actively joining their political group and of their transformation. In his review of this innovative production, local writer EAMONN BAKER says it’s a performance that ‘richly deserves nightly standing ovations’

Read the full story at the Derry Journal website.

News from Jamison 08

Dear professors,

I was planning on sending out an update on my adventures up here in Toronto, but I wanted to wait until I had the results of the Fall
Latin exams to report. It turns out that I passed both the MA and PhD exams on the first try, a rare feat in the department up here but nothing amazing given the rigorous training you gave me at Swarthmore. I have been studying Latin for what seems to me to be a long time (almost half my life, which is a scary idea), but I could not have passed without being able to translate contextually, and that is an ability that your teaching specifically fostered. At the very least, cramming before seminars was terrific practice.

I have spent most of the summer doing preparatory coursework,
palaeography in June and advanced Latin in July and August, but I also found time to join the department softball team, volunteer regularly at a local vegan non-profit restaurant, and win a few rounds in the Latin scrabble league. That last part is something you should definitely consider starting up at Happy Hours, as it is surprisingly fun and also great practice.

Toronto itself is an extremely hospitable city. After a year in NYC
it’s a breath of fresh air, although I guess I haven’t seen the
purported misery of the winter. I don’t believe it will get any worse
than the brown slush and wet socks I experienced for most of my
Manhattan January, though. I can walk to the big hippie market at
Kensington, where they have a lot of cheap produce, as well as several restaurant rows.

Thanks again for your assistance over these past few years, both in
class and during my application period. I hope that things have gone well at Swarthmore and that this new year has begun well. Let me know the news and I’ll do my best to keep you up to date in return!

Take care,
Jamison

What is happening in Honduras?

The Honduran Golpe and Obama’s Latin America: Cuba, the School of the americas, and the Hugo Chavez Socialist Revolution

Dr. Larry Birns

Director, Council on Hemispheric Affairs

SCIENCE CENTER 104

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH AT 4:30

SPONSORED BY STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY,

THE FORUM FOR FREE SPEECH, AND THE LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM