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Past Events

  • 201209Feb
    The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Global Migrations of African Peoples is calling all drummers, dancers, artists, arts educators, students and music and dance enthusiasts to join in celebrating… Performing Diaspora 2012, Sharing the Africana Experience with the Global Community. York University Community Engagement Performance Thursday, February 9, 2012 – 4:00pm – 5:00pm….
    02/09/2012 – 16:0002/12/2012 – 22:30
  • 201209Feb
    The next Department of History Research Workshop at York University will feature "The Slavery Memory Project: Canada and the Underground Railroad", with the participation of: Caitlin Fisher, Michele Johnson, Paul Lovejoy and Karolyn Smardz-Frost.  
    02/09/2012 – 12:3014:30
  • 201207Feb
    The Tubman Weekly Seminar Series invites interested students and scholars to attend a seminar by Dr. José C. Curto, Associate Professor in African History, York University. Dr. Curto will explore two published versions of the 1850 census of Luanda and the redefinition of whiteness in mid-nineteenth century Angola. Dr. Curto will be speaking on Tuesday, February 7th, from 12:30 to 2:00 pm…
    02/07/2012 – 12:3014:00
  • 201203Feb
    Trent University is hosting its second annual celebration of Black History and Culture this Friday, February 3rd. More than 40 Exhibitors; Interactive showcases with Trent student researchers, community groups, activists, local artists and more; Enjoy Gospel, Soul, Conga Drumming, Hip-Hop, Rap, and Spoken Word artists; "Forgotten Black Heroes of the World Wars" by Professor…
    02/03/2012 – 19:0022:00
  • 201202Feb
    New Sources for the Study of Slave Societies. A Conference to Launch Vanderbilt University’s New Ecclesiastical & Secular Sources for Slave Societies Digital Archive, with the participation of Prof. Paul Lovejoy, Director of The Harriet Tubman Institute. Official project description: The ESSSS project, directed by Jane Landers and administered at Vanderbilt University, preserves and…
    02/02/2012 (All day)02/04/2012 (All day)
  • 201231Jan
    This week at Áccents on Eglinton Bookstore… Tuesday, 31 January 2012 6:00 pm: "Money Matters" Alejandro Arozarena Johnson will lead a discussion on the importance of understanding how the economy works, so that we are able to do well for ourselves and our families. Thursday, 2 February 2012 7:00-9:00 pm: "Exploring Education: Black History Month Series" (Coordinator:…
    01/31/2012 – 18:0002/05/2012 – 17:00
  • 201231Jan
    The Tubman Seminar Series invites interested students and scholars to attend a seminar by Myles Ali, an MA student in African history at York University. From the early nineteenth century, Sierra Leone was home to British settlers, Black Nova Scotians, Jamaican Maroons, Liberated Africans, and several different indigenous peoples. Ali’s paper highlights significant examples of mutually…
    01/31/2012 – 12:3014:00
  • 201224Jan
    The Tubman Seminar Series invites interested students and scholars to attend a seminar by Vanessa S. Oliveira, a third year PhD in African history at York University. Her paper explores the occupations of slaves (male and female) in the second half of the nineteenth-century Luanda, the capital of the Portuguese colony of Angola.
    01/24/2012 – 12:3014:00
  • 201224Jan
    An international conference sponsored by the EURESCL project on “Slave trade, slavery, abolitions and their legacies in European histories and identities”, and organized by the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull. Conference programme attached below. For further information, contact: May Ikeora at [email protected] or phone +44…
    01/24/2012 (All day)01/26/2012 (All day)
  • 201219Jan
    DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH: CORPORATE PATERNALISM AND AFRICAN PROFESSIONALISM ON THE MINES OF COLONIAL ANGOLA, 1917-1975. Dr. Todd Cleveland, Augustana College. Thursday, 19 January, 12:45pm – 2:15pm, HNES Room 140. Professor Cleveland teaches African History and Development, and is a specialist on Angolan colonial history. His current research includes a social history of African laborers…
    01/19/2012 – 12:4514:15