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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

Concert: The Struggle to Be Heard- Music of Social Justice – April 16, 2016

April 16, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Weis Center for the Performing Arts The third and final concert of the Bucknell Orchestra Semester of Social Justice Series will present symphonic music inspired by some of the most significant social justice issues of the past and present, including Aaron Copland’s  Lincoln Portrait, and Elmer Bernstein’s film score to the 1962 movie adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird.  Dr. Bridget Newell, Associate Provost for Diversity, will be the narrator for Lincoln Portrait.  She will read excerpts from the letters and speeches of Abraham Lincoln, including his Gettysburg Address.  Admission is free.  […]

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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

Honoring the Legacy of James Baldwin: Roundtable Discussion on Baldwin’s Influence on Contemporary Scholarship in the Humanities – April 13, 2016

Wednesday, April 13, 7 p.m., Carnegie Building Atrium (Queer Theory, Religious Naturalism, Philosophy of Race, Literature, Craft of Creative Writing). Participants: Carol Wayne White (Philosophy of Religion), James Haille (Philosophy), and Glen Retief (Susquehanna University, Creative Writing). White has a chapter on Baldwin in her Sacred Humanity: An African American Religious Naturalism (2016) as well as a forthcoming article on Baldwin, Queer Theory, and African American Religious Naturalism. Haille is currently editing a book on Baldwin and teaches courses on the corpus of Baldwin’s ideas and themes. Retief works on Baldwin’s writings (e.g., Everybody’s Protest Novel) related to social activism, […]

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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

Carlton Mackey, professional photographer, filmmaker, and advocate. Part of the GRIOT, African-American Art, Activism & Aesthetics Series – April 6, 2016

Wednesday, April 6, 7pm, Gallery Theatre (3rd floor, ELC) Carlton Mackey is a professional photographer, filmmaker, and advocate. He is currently Director of the Ethics and the Arts Program and the Assistant Director of the D. Abbott Turner Program in Ethics and Servant Leadership at Emory University. He is most recently recognized for his unprecedented and engaging project titled 50 Shades of Black where Mackey explores the intersection and complexities of skin color, sexuality, and black identity using multiple forms of artistry such as essays, poems, photographs, personal narratives, and paintings. Carlton Mackey was born in Georgia and attended the […]

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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

Presentation: Adrian Matejka, poet.  Part of the GRIOT, African-American Art, Activism & Aesthetics Series – April 5, 2016

Tuesday, April 5, 7 p.m., Bucknell Hall  

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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

Judith Plaskow: “The Gender Politics of Public Space: Bodies, Restrooms and Social Justice” – Women’s and Gender Studies Distinguished Lecture – March 31, 2016

Thursday, March 31, 7p.m., LC Forum.  

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