Africana Studies Program | Senior Celebration & Student Scholarship Awards Luncheon

Please join the Africana Studies Program in celebrating the successful finish of another academic year by enjoying some lunch and refreshments at the Senior Celebration & Student Scholarship Awards Luncheon on Thursday, May 2, from 11:30 - 1:00 pm in Lavin-Bernick Center room 201.

Blowing Up the Brass Ceiling

The only all-female brass band in New Orleans, the Original Pinettes Brass Band was founded in 1991. Since the band’s inception, they’ve broken down barriers for women in the brass band scene and inspired audiences the world over with their distinctive sound. Featuring student documentary work by TIL 504, this event traces the triumphs and difficulties of the Pinettes’ thirty-plus-year career in music. Join the Pinettes and the students of TIL 504 for a lively conversation as we explore just what it means to “blow up the brass ceiling.”
 

“Bahia and the Transnational Invention of Afro-Brazilian Studies” with Livio Sansone, Federal University of Bahia

Livio Sansone received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam and has been living in Brazil since 1992, where he is Professor of Anthropology at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). Prof. Sansone is the founder and director of the Factory of Ideas Program – an advanced international course in African and African Diaspora studies – and coordinates the Digital Museum of African and Afro-Brazilian Heritage.

Sociology Colloquium, featuring Dr. Leslie Paik: The Burden of Truth Is Just Very High: Inequalities in Institutional Responses to Family Violence

We are pleased to invite you to join us on this Friday, April 19th, at 1pm for our Sociology Colloquium, featuring Professor Leslie Paik. She will give a talk on her study, "The Burden of Truth Is Just Very High: Inequalities in Institutional Responses to Family Violence." Dr. Paik is a Professor at the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University. She studies youth, families, and law and society. Her recent book, "Trapped in a Maze: How Social Control Institutions Drive Family Poverty and Inequality," won the 2022 William J.

Moroccan Rhythms, NOLA Beats: An Evening with Mahmoud Chouki

Mahmoud “Mood” Chouki is a Moroccan master guitarist resident in New Orleans. Born and raised in Morocco, he is now an integral part of the city’s musical scene, combining traditional blues with Moroccan rhythms. He has performed across the Arab world and Europe, while also teaching music at the Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans and curating monthly music programs at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA).

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