WHAT WE STAND TO LOSE : A National Forum on Black Studies Under Fire

A Webinar on the increasing significance and need for Black Studies

On February 12, a 30-minute Zoom call ended 50 years of struggle. The University of Texas at Austin — home to the first Black Studies PhD program in the American South — announced the consolidation and effective dismantling of its African and African Diaspora Studies department. One week later, the University of Louisville “reallocated” all graduate assistantships in Pan-African Studies. Across Florida, the DeSantis administration has systematically gutted African American Studies at both HBCUs and predominantly white institutions. Then, on February 19th, under pressure from the federal government, 31 universities cut ties with a program designed to increase the PhD pipeline for students of color — eliminating one of the most effective pathways for diversifying the academy.

This is a national crisis.

Hosted & Moderated by Black Study(ies) at Columbia:

Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Institute for Research in African American Studies
Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Society, and Culture

P A N E L I S T S
Edmund T. (Ted) Gordon
Founding Chair Emeritus, AADS
University of Texas at Austin

Ashanté M. Reese
Associate Professor, AADS
University of Texas at Austin

Andrea J. Queeley
Associate Professor
Florida International University

Michael Brandon McCormack
Chair, Pan-African Studies
University of Louisville

Co-Sponsored by The CCNY Black Studies Department and The College Language Association 

REGISTER FOR THIS CRITICAL FORUM HERE!