Showing posts with label Barker Center. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

11.5 - 11.7 Michael Eric Dyson | Harvard

W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture Series presents Michael Eric Dyson, Georgetown University Professor in three separate talks on: From Homer to 'Hova: Hustling, Religion and Guerrilla Literacy in the Pavement Poetry of Jay-Z. at Harvard University (Barker Center, Cambridge)


Nov. 5 - 'Che Guevara with Bling On': Hustling, American Ideals and Jay-Z's Complex Vision of The Game

Nov 6 - 'Niggas Been Praying to God So Long That They Atheist': Jay-Hova and the Politics of Project(ed) Theology

Nov 7 - 'Monster of the Double-Entendre': The Rhyme and Reasoning of Jay-Z's Oral Arguments.

All events begin at 4 p.m.

Receptions following

For more info click here!!

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

TODAY!! Micheal Eric Dyson | Barker Center | Harvard Book Store

The Harvard Book Store and the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research University present Michael Eric Dyson at The Barker Center/ Harvard Book Store, Thompson Room (12 Quincy Street, Cambridge)
The event starts at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Named by Ebony Magazine as one of the hundred most influential black Americans, Michael Eric Dyson, is the author of sixteen books, including Holler if You Hear Me, Is Bill Cosby Right? and I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr. He is currently a sociology professor at Georgetown University.

In his talk tonight he will examines the death of one of the twentieth-century's great leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and its impact on the United States.
Get your education on! It's so fab! :)