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IAAS, with the help of University of Georgia Franklin College and the Willson Center, will be hosting the dynamic author and artist Hattie Thomas Whitehead. She will be speaking with us after the premiere of her special production  Linnentown: The Musical, premiering on September 12th -14th at the Classic Center Theatre in Athens, Ga.   Linnentown: The Musical and the co-thematic book, Giving Voice to Linnentown tells the story of…

To kick start the collaborative Mental Health and Advocacy Weekend, hosted by The Institute for African American Studies with Pamoja Connections Inc., IAAS will be conducting our October fellowship with Dr. Ann Popwell and Pastor Nawanna Miller of Pamoja Inc. to speak on their respective books;  Oh God! My Preacher Is Pregnant! by Pastor Miller and I Am the Face of Mental Health: My Blood Was Not Shed in Vain by Dr. Popwell. Both accounts…

Join IAAS and Dr. Jan Dean Willis for a talk and luncheon about the interdisciplinary faiths and traditions of Black Baptist and Buddhist tradition. Dr. Willis will be discussing her personal journey from the Jim Crow South in Alabama to Cornell University and beyond.  She will discuss her experiences in these environments and her resulting academic scholarship and faith journey. Dr. Willis will present on how the compounded faiths of Black…

The Institute for African American Studies is excited to announce that we will be offering an event to celebrate the season and history with a visit from Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia storyteller Gloria Elder aka Glow Glo. Kuumba Story Tellers of Georgia was born, "...in 1995 when several local Atlanta storytellers decided to form an affiliate of the National Association of Black Storytellers in Atlanta after attending the National Festival for…

The Institute for African American Studies is proud to host author Charles Johnson for a discussion of his work Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice with our students. Dr. Johnson will then graciously join us for a luncheon in the IAAS Holmes Hunter Library immediately after. 

IAAS is reaching out to our students and community to provide a moment of gathering to touch base on our collective well being. We will engage in casual conversation prompted by reflection questions.   Please Join us Feb 27th 12:30-2:30pm in the Holmes Hunter IAAS library.

Enjoy a Q and A about the works of authors Aaliyah Bilal and Kiese Laymon. They will be reading from their respective Temple Folks and Heavy. It is an opportunity to discuss African American memoir and religious tradition. 

Courtney Thorsson is an associate professor in the English department and Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon, where she teaches, studies, and writes about African American literature from its beginnings to the present using Black feminist methods. Her new book The Sisterhood: How A Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture tells the story of how a remarkable community of Black women writers…

We invite you to join us between 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM on Monday, Feb. 19th in Adinkra Hall on the 4th floor of Memorial Hall.  This informal gathering offers space for conversation, refreshments, and wellness practices in fellowship with Dr. Stephanie Evans (Professor, Georgia State University), author of Black Women’s Yoga History: Memoirs of Inner Peace. In her book, Dr. Evans explains how memoirs offer lessons for those who are struggling…

Nigeria: The People, the Nation, the Future, a talk featuring Ambassador Amina Smaila, Consul General of Nigeria in Atlanta.  March 28, 2022 at 12:00 PM in Classroom J-246 of the Dean Rusk International Law Center