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Associate Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas was a guest on WRFG Radio Atlanta on December 9 as a guest discussant on developments and challenges in the Caribbean in 2017.
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Professor of Classics and Africana Studies Shelley Haley was recently named the winner of a 2017 Award for Excellence in Teaching at the College Level, given by the Society for Classical Studies (SCS).
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As a part of the F.I.L.M. series, Hamilton welcomed Raoul Peck to campus for a screening and discussion of his his Oscar-nominated I Am Not Your Negro.
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Professor of Africana Studies and Classics Shelley Haley recently attended the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS) where she participated in several events.
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Associate Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas presented a paper titled “Firebrands, Trade Unionists and Marxists: The Russian Revolution and the Emergence of the Left in Guyana 1917-1956” at the Institute for Black Atlantic Research, University of Central Lancashire, on Oct. 15.
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Associate Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas unearthed and published, with an introductory assessment, a significant speech made by a pioneer Guyanese and Caribbean labor leader Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow in March 1932. The Westmaas article, “Hubert Critchlow and the nexus between Christianity and Socialism” was published in Guyana’s national newspaper, the Stabroek News, on Aug. 20.
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Sacharja Cunningham ’19 found himself pondering how he could address social justice issues in the education system. From there, he took a step: He devised a summer research project, “Mind. Body. I Am Somebody.”
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Her personal history, worldview and some classroom inspiration shaped Kaygon Finakin ’19’s summer research project — drilling down into the underdevelopment of several Caribbean countries.
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Adrian Summers ’19 has been named a 2017 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education.
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In a mixture of lighthearted personal anecdotes and thought-provoking comments on today’s society, acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni spoke about the importance of racial pride and civil rights activism during her public reading in the Chapel on March 6.
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