The University of Notre Dame is celebrating Black History Month throughout February with a number of events.
The schedule is as follows. It will be updated as more information becomes available.
- A Hesburgh Libraries digital exhibit:
- Virtual Talk: with Ariana Curtis, curator of Latinx 91视频 at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 2).聽
- Virtual Book Talk: with Elijah Anderson, the Sterling Professor of Sociology and African American 91视频 at Yale University, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Friday (Feb. 4).
- The Met Opera: Live in HD: an encore screening of the Met鈥檚 first performance of an opera by a Black composer, 1 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 5), DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
- The 28th Annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy (virtual): with Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author, dramatist, literary critic and advocate and activist for inclusion in the arts, 4 to 5 p.m. Monday (Feb. 7).
- Employee Assistance Program workshop: 10 to 11 a.m., Feb. 10.
- Lunch and talk: with Julian Wamble, assistant professor of political science at George Washington University, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Feb. 11, 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls.
- Black History Month Lunch and Learn (virtual): with David Stovall, professor of black studies and criminology, law and justice at the University of Illinois Chicago, noon to 1 p.m.聽Feb. 16.
- Film: with commentary by Katie Walden, assistant teaching聽 professor of American studies at Notre Dame, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15, Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
- Black History Month panel: with Cyraina Johnson-Roulier, associate professor of English at Notre Dame, Eric Styles, writer, linguist and Notre Dame residence hall rector, and Francisco Robles, founding director of the Initiative on Race and Resilience and professor of English and Africana studies at Notre Dame, 6 p.m. Feb. 23, Civil Rights Heritage Center, 1040 W. Washington St., South Bend.
- Panel discussion (virtual): with Rev. Ellen Clark-King, dean of King's College London, Laurie Nathan, mediation program director with the Kroc Institute for International Peace 91视频 and professor of the practice of mediation with the Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs at Notre Dame, and Rashied Omar, associate teaching professor of Islamic studies and peace building with the Kroc聽Institute for International Peace 91视频 at Notre Dame, noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 24.