CSSJ Weekly Newsletter
January 28, 2015

Coming events

Brown bag lunch talk with Prof. Tatiana Seijas

Thursday, January 29, 2015
12:00 PM
RELOCATED
Rhode Island Hall Room 108
60 George Street 

"Asian Slaves and the Racialization of Slavery in Colonial Mexico and the Philippine Islands"

Lunch will be provided. Kindly RSVP here.

The Book of Negroes Screening and Conversation with Aunjanue Ellis '92

Thursday, January 29, 2015
6:00 PM
Salomon 001
79 Waterman Street

Please join BET Networks and CSSJ for a special screening of The Book of Negroes.

One of the most highly anticipated television productions of 2015 is BET's epic miniseries The Book of Negroes. Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes recounts the resourceful journey of Aminata Diallo, an invincible African slave who secured her freedom during the American Revolution. Brown University is pleased to welcome this universal tale of loss, courage, and eventual triumph with a screening of series highlights and the complete fourth episode.

Following the screening is a Q&A discussion with The Book of Negroes actress and Brown alum, Aunjanue Ellis '92.

View the trailer here.

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February 5, 2015

Selma Screening

6:00 PM
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street

This event is part of the Black History Month Film Series in collaboration with the Providence Public Library.

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To learn about upcoming films in the series, visit our website. These events are free and open to the public. 

Opportunities

Ruth J. Simmons Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Study of Slavery and Justice

Location: Providence, RI
Closes: Feb 16, 2015

Please include a cover letter, current CV, a writing sample, and three letters of reference. 

Beyond the Center

Boston Middle Passage Ceremonies
and Port Markers Project

On August 23, 2015, a ceremony recognizing Boston as a Middle Passage port site will take place. This event is part of a larger effort by the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (MPCPMP), an international, grassroots organization dedicated to commemorating the more than 2 million people who perished in the Middle Passage of the transatlantic human trade and the 10 million who survived. The Boston ceremony acknowledges the city as a port receiving enslaved people who survived the international slave trade, as well as the vital role that Africans and their descendants played in the development of both the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the United States.