Join Penn State University Press Executive Director David Aycock for a 90-minute seminar on how to get published.
Join Penn State University Press Executive Director David Aycock for a 90-minute seminar, Friday, May 2, 9:30–11:00 a.m., in Foster Auditorium on how to get published. In the first hour, David will cover high-level strategies for approaching scholarly publishers, working with university presses, and navigating publishing contracts and agreements. The final 30 minutes will be an open
Pan-African Professional Alliance (PAN-APA)
The 8th annual Pan-African Professional Alliance (PAN-APA) conference will be held on Saturday, March 29, starting at 9:00 a.m. in the HUB Robeson Center. This year’s theme is “Afrofuturism: The Role of African Youth in Shaping the Future.” There will be research presentations, keynote addresses, breakout sessions for career enrichment, and more. This event is free
The Possibilities of Black Maternal Loss in Slavery
Sasha Turner is Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of Contested Bodies: Pregnancy, Childrearing and Slavery in Jamaica which examines the struggles for control over biological reproduction and how central childbearing was to the organization of plantation work, the care of slaves, and the development of their culture. Her
“On Education, uBuntu Paradign, and Fusion by Choice towards African Renaissance”
N‘Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba, Ph.D., will discuss the centrality of education with the imperative of harnessing an African cultural foundation in working towards African renewal and renaissance. Considering the African historical moments, exposures to other cultures and practices including forced adoption and cross fertilization, especially through continent-wide imposed Western systems and guided by a purposeful choice
The Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture
March 20, 2025, will mark the sixth anniversary of the tragic death of Osaze Osagie, a former Penn State student killed by local police during a mental health event. In honor of Osagie’s memory, the College of the Liberal Arts and the African Studies program established an annual “Global Black Communities and Mental Health” series.