This semester we’re continuing a series of informal talks with faculty discussing their current research. All talks will take place in the African American Studies conference room, located in Education Center Suite 207, room D.
February 11 —LaTasha Chaffin, Political Science
Training Policy Expansion in Response to the Great Recession:
The Cases of South Carolina and California
A panel discussion featuring Freedom Summer participants, civil rights activists, and historians.
Thursday, February 26 at 6pm in the Addlestone Library, room 227
Free & open to the public. Panelists will have books available for sale after the event.
This semester we’re continuing a series of informal talks with faculty discussing their current research. All talks will take place in the African American Studies conference room, located in Education Center Suite 207, room D.
January 28, 12pm—Michael Hemphill, Health and Human Performance
Scholarship and Community Engagement
in the Charleston Promise Neighborhood: Opportunities and Challenges
Need a laugh? Want to hear jokes from some of the world’s most successful black comedians, as well as their thoughts on the evolution of black comedy?
On Thursday, February 5, 2015, the College will screen Why We Laugh: Great Black Comedians, a documentary based on comedian Darryl Littleton’s 2008 book, Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy. The film traces the development of black comedy in America and includes interviews with comedians Bill Cosby, Chris Rock, D.L. Hughley, Steve Harvey and more.
After the film, Littleton will perform and then answer questions about his book and the documentary, of which he was an executive producer.
The film will begin screening at 6 p.m. at the College’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at 125 Bull Street in Charleston.
For more information on Why We Laugh, check out the film’s preview:
This semester we’re continuing a series of informal talks with faculty discussing their current research.
All talks will take place at 12pm in the African American Studies conference room:
Education Center Suite 207, room D (25 St. Philip Street)
January 28 —Michael Hemphill, Health and Human Performance
Scholarship and Community Engagement in the Charleston Promise Neighborhood:
Opportunities and Challenges
February 11 —LaTasha Chaffin, Political Science
Training Policy Expansion in Response to the Great Recession:
The Cases of South Carolina and California
March 11 —Mari Crabtree, African American Studies
My Soul is a Witness: Theorizing Racial Violence with the Blues
The College of Charleston campus will be closed on January 19, 2015, in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
The following events and activities are planned in recognition of this state and federal holiday:
Jealous’ talk – “The Forgotten Origins and Consequences of Race in America” – will take place at 7 p.m. in Sottile Theatre, 44 George St. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6 p.m.
The parade route begins at Burke High School, 244 President St., and Several members of the College community will take part in the parade, including Tommy Baker, a Charleston businessman and member of the School of Business Board of Governors, who will serve as Grand Marshal for the MLK Parade.
The poetry slam will immediately follow the MLK Parade, in the College’s School of Sciences and Mathematics Building Auditorium, 202 Calhoun St. To register for the poetry slam, contact the YWCA at 843.722.1644.
As part of the national MLK Day of Service, the College’s Center for Civic Engagement, the Office of Institutional Diversity and the Office of Student Life is providing faculty, staff and students with the opportunity to participate in a small-scale day of service in Charleston on Monday, Jan. 19.
These service experiences will be led by a group of 10 students who will spend the weekend preceding MLK Day learning about the Civil Rights movement, active citizenship and volunteer management as part of an Alternative Break weekend in Charleston.
For more information about the MLK Day of Service, contact Maggie Szeman, assistant director of the Center for Civic Engagement, at szemanme@cofc.edu or 843.953.0810.