Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series
The Jesse B. Semple Brownbag is an informal forum for the African Americanist community and those who are interested in the general study of race, culture, and American society. It offers opportunities for visiting scholars, KU faculty, and KU students to present their ongoing research. The forum discusses activities on campus, historical and current issues related to race, and culture and social relations in America.
Brownbag Descriptions and Schedule
Fall 2011
September 2011
“Speaking with a Fire-Tongue: The Soucouyant as a Vocal Subaltern”
Crystal Boson, University of Kansas
September 12, 2011 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
October 2011
“African American Literature: Dead or Alive”
Maryemma Graham, University of Kansas
October 3, 2011 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
November 2011
“Considering Afro-Mexicans in the African Diaspora”
Robert Schwaller, University of Kansas
November 14, 2011 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
Spring 2011
February 2011
“Terror in Tennessee: The Lynching of Elbert Williams and the Pursuit of Economic Justice in Brownsville,” Zanice Bond de Perez, University of Kansas
February 14, 2011 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
March 2011
“The Quest for Citizenship: African American and Native American Education in Kansas,” Kim Warren, University of Kansas
March 14, 2011 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
April 2011
“Manning Marable: Remembering a Scholar and an Activist” Clarence Lang and Shawn Leigh Alexander, University of Kansas
April 11, 2011 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
Fall 2010
September 2010
“boundlibertybelles,” DaMaris Hill, University of Kansas
September 13, 2010 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
To find out more about Ms. Hill’s presentation see a related link at http://theblackbottom.com/?p=1140
October 2010
“After Lunch Poems,” William J. Harris, University of Kansas
October 11, 2010 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
November 2010
“Even Dead I Was A Threat To Them - The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba and the Fragmentation of the Black Freedom Struggle,” Elizabeth Brickson, University of Kansas
November 8, 2010 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
Spring 2010
February 2010
“Representations of Black History as Tools of Liberation and Oppression,” Phia Salter, University of Kansas
February 8, 2010 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
March 2010
“Historian as Detective: Uncovering the Lynching of Fred Alexander”, Christopher Lovett, Emporia State University
March 8, 2010 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
April 2010
“William Styron’s Nat Turner: Rhetoric, Confession, and the Question of Violence”, Dave Tell, University of Kansas
April 12, 2010 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
Fall 2009
September 2009
“Forging an American Pluralism: The Mexican Revolution and American Civil RIghts,” Ruben Flores, University of Kansas
September 14, 2009 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove E (Free and Open to the Public)
October 2009
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series
“Remembering Dr. John Hope Franklin, Ronald Takaki, and Kenneth Stampp,” David Katzman and other faculty members of the University of Kansas
October 12, 2009 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
November 2009
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series
“Rights, Race, and Recognition,” Derrick Darby, University of Kansas
November 9, 2009 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove A (Free and Open to the Public)
Spring 2009
February 2009
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series
"'Rowing Not Drifting' The Women of the Kansas Association of Colored Women, 1900-30" Doretha Williams, University of Kansas
February 9, 2009 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove J (Free and Open to the Public)
March 2009
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series
“A ‘Bad Nationalist’ in the International Zone: Claude McKay in Tangier,”
Gary Holcomb, Emporia State University
March 9, 2009 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove D (Free and Open to the Public)
April 2009
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series
“The Replication of Victorian Racial Ideology in Harry Potter,”
Giselle L. Anatol, University of Kansas
April 13, 2009 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove D (Free and Open to the Public)
Fall 2008
September 2008
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series
“Circus, Shriners, and Fairs, Oh My: An Alternative History of Black Islam and American Orientalism,”Jacob Dorman, University of Kansas
September 8 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove J (Free and Open to the Public)
October 2008
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series -- Special Panel
Barack Obama’s Candidacy: America, Race and the Historical Moment
Panelists: Dorthy Pennington (AAAS & Communications)
Jonathan Earle (History and the Dole Institute)
Donald Haider-Markel (Political Science)
David Jones, Jr. (KU Student & KS Democratic Party)
October 13, 2008 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium (Free and Open to the Public)
November 2008
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series
“In Our Own Words and Photographs: Documenting the African American experience in the Kansas Region,” Deborah Dandridge, University of Kansas
November 10, 2008 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove J (Free and Open to the Public)
December 2008
Jesse B. Semple Brownbag Series
“After Winter: The Regeneration of Sterling Brown’s Art and Life,”
John Edgar Tidwell, University of Kansas
December 8, 2008 @ 11:30 am
Kansas Union, Alcove J (Free and Open to the Public)
