With support from an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy (IDEA) Innovation Grant, and in conversation with the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, the Writers House welcomes writer and MFA alum Susan Muaddi Darraj for a reading and Q&A moderated by ISGRJ Postdoctoral Fellow andie millares. Susan will be reading from and discussing her … Continue reading Be “In Conversation” with Writer and Alumna Susan Muaddi Darraj on April 18…
On Tuesday, April 9, from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., join the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice and the Africana Studies Program for a film screening and Q&A of Senegalese documentarian Katy Ndiaye’s “MONEY, FREEDOM, A STORY OF THE CFA FRANC.” This free event will take place in Fine Arts Building, Room … Continue reading Join us April 9 for a Screening of the Documentary “Money, Freedom, A Story of the CFA Franc”…
In celebration of Black History Month, please join the Africana Studies Program, the Black German Heritage and Research Association, and the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice for a lecture by Dr. Wendell Marsh, Assistant Professor of African American and African Studies at Rutgers–Newark. Dr. Marsh will present, “Black Liberation Philology: Shaykh Musa … Continue reading Prof. Wendell Marshal Will Present “Black Liberation Philology” on Feb. 6…
The Black German Heritage and Research Association, the Africana Studies Program, and the Rutgers University Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice will present the virtual conference “Joy… and Pain” from February 22-23, 2024. Keynote speakers at this event include Malick Bauer, Mariama Diagne, Peggy Piesche, Lena Whooo, and Oliver Hardt. Registration is now … Continue reading Registration is Open for the Virtual Conference “Joy… and Pain”…
Please come celebrate the launch of Associate Professor of Creative Writing Gregory Pardlo’s latest poetry collection, Spectral Evidence. Professor Pardlo will be in conversation with MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award winner Imani Perry at the New York Public Library, Main Branch 42nd St. & 5th Ave January 30, 2024 from 6:00pm-7:00pm The conversation will be … Continue reading Gregory Pardlo Launches “Spectral Evidence” on Jan. 30…
Join the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice for a celebration of Quilting Water, a global public arts project which stitches together the human connection with water through quilt-making and oral histories. We will share in this communal journey of witnessing the ties between our ecological realities, cultural and spiritual rituals, and … Continue reading Registration is Open for the Nov. 17 Quilting Water: Voicing Our Stories Celebration…
The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice (ISGRJ) will host a writing workshop with Vanessa Mártir on Wednesday, March 15, from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., on the Rutgers-Camden campus. This generative writing workshop, inspired by the forthcoming anthology So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth, and presented by … Continue reading Join the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice on March 15 for Writing Workshop with Vanessa Martir…
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The Writers House will conclude its Spring 2022 Writers in Camden Series on Wednesday, April 27, with readings by poets Patrick Rosal and Tracy K. Smith. Their reading coincides with the publication of Rosal’s The Last Thing: New and Selected Poems and Smith’s Such Color: New and Selected Poems. This free virtual event runs from 7 – … Continue reading Patrick Rosal and Tracy K. Smith to Take Part in Writers in Camden on April 27…
Patrick Rosal, Professor of English, Co-Director of the Rutgers–Camden Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice (ISGRJ), and a poet, will offer the Fourth Scarlet Scholar Series Lecture, “Race, Climate, and the Communal Imagination.” Professor Rosal’s lecture will address how poetry prepared him to think about racial justice in the context of community and … Continue reading Register Now for the Fourth Scarlet Scholar Lecture, Featuring Professor Patrick Rosal…
