Black Citizenship

54 Halsey Street,Newark NJ 07102

08 March, 2023

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Black CitizenshipThis seminar explores the relationship between Black communities, both native-born and immigrant, and the question of American citizenship. It explores this relationship in various contexts: through political ideologies, religious communities, and shared cultural heritage. Tuesday, March 7, 2023Screening of Wakanda Forever and Discussion(4:00-6:45 pm) Screening (6:45-8:00 pm) Discussion/panel facilitated by Eun Jin (Keish) Kim (ISGRJ Postdoctoral Associate in American Studies, Rutgers University, Newark) and Honors College students Wednesday, March 8, 2023(10:00-10:15 am) Welcome Address by Dean Jacqueline MattisJacqueline Mattis, Dean, School of Arts & Sciences-Newark, Rutgers University, Newark (10:15-11:45 am) A Conversation between Salamishah Tillet and Claudia RankineSalamishah Tillet, Henry Rutgers Professor, Africana Studies and Creative Writing, Rutgers University, Newark Claudia Rankine, Professor, Creative Writing Program, New York University (12:00-1:00 pm) Things We Do in the Dark: Cinematic Experiments in Kinship TourPaul Robeson Galleries, Express Newark, Third Floor Led by Yvonne Shirley, Express Newark Community Media Center Director, and Farrah Rahaman, exhibit curator (1:00-2:30 pm) Black CitizenshipKimberley Johnson, Professor, Social & Cultural Analysis, New York University Niambi Carter, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park Yarimar Bonilla, Professor, Anthropology, Graduate Center City University of New York Reuel Rogers, Associate Professor, Political Science, Northwestern University Moderator: Hyacinth Miller, Assistant Teaching Professor, Africana Studies and Political Science, Rutgers University, Newark (3:00-4:30 pm) Black Citizenship and ReligionJohn Jackson, Professor and Dean, University of Pennsylvania Zain Abdullah, Associate Professor, Religion, Temple University Todne Thomas, Associate Professor, African American Religious Studies, Harvard Divinity School Carlos Decena, Profesor, Latino and Caribbean Studies and of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick Moderator: Wendell Marsh, Assistant Professor, Africana Studies, Rutgers University, Newark