Each year, nearly 5 million Americans lose their homes through eviction and foreclosure, and this year, as tens of millions lose their jobs due to COVID-19 and its associated economic downturn, we anticipate housing loss to be multitudes higher. The COVID-19 crisis has hit North Carolina hard, with 46 percent of households reporting that at…
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Slavery, Race, & Memory Project presents the Virtual Public Conversation, The Roots of Unrest: Addressing Racialized Police Violence
The Slavery, Race, & Memory Project presents the Virtual Public Conversation, The Roots of Unrest: Addressing Racialized Police Violence at 6:00pm EST on Tuesday, June 30th. The conversation will be moderated by Corey D.B. Walker, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and panelists will include: Brittany Battle, Assistant Professor of SociologyHana Brown, Associate Professor of Sociology & Gale Faculty FellowKami Chavis, Associate…
“Close to Home” forum held Sept. 28, 2016
Wake Forest Law School and American Ethnic Studies co-hosted this forum on police brutality, black lives lost and protest. This forum was held Sept. 28, 2016 – in the wake of the fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by police in Charlotte, NC. This recording provides us an opportunity to gather (virtually) and listen again…
Celebrating Black History Month
To celebrate Black History Month, documentary film director and activist founder of the Blaq Italiano project, Fred Kuwornu is coming to Wake Forest (ZSR Auditorium) for two presentations, both at 5:00 on Monday Feb. 3 and Tuesday Feb. 4. The events are free and open to the public. They are co-sponsored by the following WFU units: Italian Studies, Women’s,…
Public Lecture by David Ikard
Thursday, November 145:30pm – 7:30pmKulynych Auditorium/Porter Byrum Welcome Center Dr. Ikard will address the major themes in his 4th book “Loveable Racists, Magical Negroes & White Messiahs”. Engaging with issues of white blindness/white redemption narratives across mediums like lit, film, social media, politics, and human rights movements, Ikard dismantles popular white supremacist tropes, which devalue…
“We Gotta Walk That Line”: How an ‘Atypical Family’ Negotiates Race and Religion to “Become” Diverse.
Join us on September 25 at 3:30pm for special guest speaker and WFU graduate, Jelani Ince (’14). Jelani is a current doctoral candidate in sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington. His research interests concern the areas of race, culture, and organizations. His dissertation investigates how interactions shape people’s understandings of how to navigate institutional myths. In…
Antisemitism in the Age of Trump – Roundtable Discussion with WFU Faculty.
Please join us on a roundatble discussion on Antisemitism in the Age of Trump. Wake Forest Faculty participating in the discussion are: Alessandra Von Burg (Communications), Mir Yarfitz (History), Annalise Glauz-Todrank (Religion), Dean Franco (English), Barry Trachtenberg (History), and Ana Maria Wahl (Sociology). Sponsored by American Ethnic Studies Program, Department for the Study of Religions,…