(via Dr. Clara Chu, Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at Mortenson Center, UIUC Library)
Registration is open for a presentation and critical engagement with the book The History of Black Studies by Abdul Alkalimat, published by Pluto Press in 2021. The program is part of Sankofa Black Studies / Diasporic Futures: A global conversation among information scholars. This free online event will take place on Wednesday, March 23, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM CDT.
Register here. Please see below for additional information.
Speakers
Abdul Alkalimat–Professor Emeritus, Department of African American Studies and School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paulette Kerr–Campus Librarian, University of the West Indies Mona, Jamaica
Archie Dick–Professor Emeritus, Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Moderator
Rebecca Hankins, Wendler Endowed Professor, Texas A&M University Libraries
Book
The History of Black Studies by Abdul Alkalimat (Pluto Press 2021)
The book is available from Pluto Books (30% discount with code ALKALIMAT30)
Sponsors
Mortenson Center for International Library Programs
Department of African American Studies
School of Information Sciences
Center for Advanced Studies
Collaborative for Cultural Heritage Management and Policy
Center for African Studies
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
A flyer is available here.