The Department of American Studies Presents
The 2016 Bill Tuttle Distinguished Lecture
Uninhabited : Race, Reading, and the Archives
Kevin Young
Thursday, October 13th 3:30pm
Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
HBW Fall Open House this Friday
Please join us for our Fall Open House!
Stop in this Friday between 10am - 1pm to chat with current staff members, browse our novel collection, and learn more about our great initiatives for the year!
Monday, October 10, 2016
HBW Supports: Recognizing Today as Indigenous Peoples Day
Together we call upon the University of Kansas to recognize today as Indigenous Peoples Day. With its origins in the 1977 International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americans, Indigenous Peoples Day recognizes the valuable contributions made by Indigenous peoples. Such recognition is especially appropriate at KU, where the University highly regards its relationship with Indigenous students, staff, faculty, and Haskell Indian Nations University.
Recognition of October 10, 2016 as Indigenous Peoples Day is also consistent with recommendations made by other groups on campus. In the April 27, 2016 Report of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group submitted to Chancellor Gray-Little and then acting Provost Sara Rosen, it was recommended that the University “[r]ecognize Indigenous People’s Day in honor of Native American contributions to the community.” Further, on October 3, 2016, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group issued a statement on recent protests and institutional change. In relevant part, the statement states:
Further, in accordance with the commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and as specified in the DEI report from law year, we require the University recognize this coming Monday (10/10) as Indigenous People’s Day. This requirement is only a start to move forward on the recommendations laid out last year, including strengthening the relationship with Haskell Indian Nations University and enhancing KU’s commitment to Indigenous Studies and our Indigenous and First Nations communities at the University.
The City of Lawrence declared October 12, 2015 Indigenous Peoples Day. The City’s declaration is consistent with those of numerous other cities and states, which have all decided to recognize the crucial contributions of Indigenous peoples.
Accordingly, we call on the University to honor its commitment to Indigenous peoples by recognizing October 10, 2016 as Indigenous Peoples Day.
Sincerely,
First Nations Student Association
Indigenous Studies Program
KU Tribal Law and Government Center
Native American Faculty and Staff Council
Center for American Indian Community Health, University of Kansas Medical Center
KU Department of American Studies
KU Black Law Students Association
KU Student Senate
KU Project on the History of Black Writing
Recognition of October 10, 2016 as Indigenous Peoples Day is also consistent with recommendations made by other groups on campus. In the April 27, 2016 Report of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group submitted to Chancellor Gray-Little and then acting Provost Sara Rosen, it was recommended that the University “[r]ecognize Indigenous People’s Day in honor of Native American contributions to the community.” Further, on October 3, 2016, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group issued a statement on recent protests and institutional change. In relevant part, the statement states:
Further, in accordance with the commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and as specified in the DEI report from law year, we require the University recognize this coming Monday (10/10) as Indigenous People’s Day. This requirement is only a start to move forward on the recommendations laid out last year, including strengthening the relationship with Haskell Indian Nations University and enhancing KU’s commitment to Indigenous Studies and our Indigenous and First Nations communities at the University.
The City of Lawrence declared October 12, 2015 Indigenous Peoples Day. The City’s declaration is consistent with those of numerous other cities and states, which have all decided to recognize the crucial contributions of Indigenous peoples.
Accordingly, we call on the University to honor its commitment to Indigenous peoples by recognizing October 10, 2016 as Indigenous Peoples Day.
Sincerely,
First Nations Student Association
Indigenous Studies Program
KU Tribal Law and Government Center
Native American Faculty and Staff Council
Center for American Indian Community Health, University of Kansas Medical Center
KU Department of American Studies
KU Black Law Students Association
KU Student Senate
KU Project on the History of Black Writing
Monday, October 3, 2016
ICYMI: The Last Week in Black Writing and Culture (9/24 - 9/30)
KU welcomed Jabari Asim, author and editor-in-chief of The Crisis magazine, to campus as the fall keynote lecture for the Common Book program.
Professor Kinitra D. Brooks at the University of Texas at San Antonio has created an English course around Beyoncé’s Lemonade. Using the “theoretical, historical and literary frameworks of black feminism,” Dr. Brooks will take students through the Lemonade album to consider “new theories about race and gender in popular culture.”
Luke Cage the web television series based on the Marvel comic superhero has debuted on Netflix… and crashed the site on the first day. CNN and NPR caught up with showrunner Cheo Coker to talk superheroes and hip-hop.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened its doors to the public last Saturday. 100 years in the making, the idea of the museum was first proposed in 1915 by Black veterans calling for a memorial dedicated to men who’d fought in America’s wars. As with all Smithsonian museums, entry is free but you need to reserve timed passes. Slots are sold out throughout 2016, but passes for January – March 2017 are now available.
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