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Beyond the Shores: Tamara J. Walker on Black Americans Abroad

June 30, 2025

Barnard Professor of Africana Studies Tamara J. Walker is an experienced storyteller of elsewheres. As a historian she tells stories of the past; as…

A quantum life: Alexis Pauline Gumbs on Audre Lorde

March 31, 2025

Last December, Margot Kotler sat down with Alexis Pauline Gumbs to discuss her most recent book, Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of…

In the Wake: A Salon in Honor of Christina Sharpe

February 2, 2017

Christina Sharpe in conversation with Hazel Carby, Kaiama Glover, Saidiya Hartman, Arthur Jafa, and Alex Weheliye.

The Argonauts: A Salon in Honor of Maggie Nelson

April 14, 2016

Featuring Maggie Nelson in conversation with Christina Crosby, Saidiya Hartman, Sam Huber, and Heather Love. Moderated by Tina Campt.

Gloria Joseph and Naomi Jackson: Caribbean Feminisms on the Page

March 24, 2016

A conversation with Gloria Joseph and Naomi Jackson. Moderated by Kaiama L. Glover.

The Argonauts: A Salon in Honor of Maggie Nelson

Maggie Nelson, Christina Crosby, Saidiya Hartman, Sam Huber, and Heather Love

December 10, 2015

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Caribbean Feminisms on the Page III: In Paris

Maryse Condé and Fabienne Kanor

December 8, 2015

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Caribbean Feminisms on the Page IV

Gloria Joseph and Naomi Jackson

December 8, 2015

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June 30, 2015

“The Worlds of Ntozake Shange” highlights Shange’s centrality to black feminism and the continuing impact of her work both within and outside the academy.…

Body Undone: A Salon in Honor of Christina Crosby

March 10, 2015

Conversation featuring Christina Crosby, Lisa Cohen, Leigh Gilmore, Laura Grappo, Maggie Nelson, Gayle Pemberton, and Gayle Salamon.

Zines

March 6, 2015

(Dare to Use The F-Word, Episode 13) In this episode of Dare to Use the F-Word, Research Assistant Michelle Chen '15 interviews Barnard Zine…

Caribbean Feminisms on the Page

Jamaica Kincaid and Tiphanie Yanique

January 9, 2015

Distinguished writer Jamaica Kincaid, originally from Antigua, and debut novelist Tiphanie Yanique, who grew up in St. Thomas, come together with Barnard Associate Professor…

Body Undone: A Salon in Honor of Christina Crosby

Christina Crosby, Lisa Cohen, Leigh Gilmore, Laura Grappo, Maggie Nelson, Gayle Pemberton, Gayle Salamon

January 9, 2015

"Body Undone" focuses on Christina Crosby's forthcoming memoir of living with disability, A Body, Undone: Living on After Great Pain. In 2003 Professor Crosby…

The Revival

March 20, 2014

(Dare to Use The F-Word, Episode 10) In this episode, we speak with Jade Foster, the creator of The Revival Poetry Tour. The salon-style…

Street Harassment

April 23, 2013

(Dare to Use the F-Word, Episode 1) In our first episode of Dare to Use The F-Word, we focus on the street harassment phenomenon.…

Worlds of Shange Panel II: A Poetic Possibility/a Poetic Imperative

February 15, 2013

Panel featuring Mecca J. Sullivan and Soyica Diggs Colbert. Moderated by Kim F. Hall.

Worlds of Shange Conference: Presentation to Ntozake Shange

February 15, 2013

Tina Campt and Yvette Christiansë present Ntozake Shange with tangible and intangible gifts.

Worlds of Shange Panel I: From Analphabetic to Script Obsessed

February 15, 2013

Panel featuring Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Vanessa K. Valdés, Jennifer DeVere Brody, and Farah Jasmine Griffin. Moderated by Monica L. Miller.

Worlds of Shange Conference: Welcoming Remarks

February 15, 2013

Welcoming remarks at The Worlds of Ntozake Shange Conference featuring Tina Campt, Debora Spar, and Monica L. Miller.

A Conversation with Ntozake Shange and Dianne McIntyre

February 14, 2013

Conversation with Ntozake Shange and Dianne McIntyre. Moderated by Paul Scolieri.

The Future of Online Feminism

Courtney Martin ’02 and Vanessa Valenti

January 3, 2013

Tweets about "#femfuture" Courtney Martin ’02 and Vanessa Valenti present the latest New Feminist Solutions report, which details the development of a robust network…

Ntozake Shange on Stage and Screen

November 7, 2012

Discussion featuring Ntozake Shange, Soyica Diggs Colbert, and Monica Miller. Introduction by Tina Campt.

Ntozake Shange on Stage and Screen

November 7, 2012

The 2012-13 Africana Distinguished Alumna Series honors one of Barnard’s most distinguished African American alumnae: Ntozake Shange '70. A playwright, poet, and novelist of…

Staking Our Claim: Trans Women’s Literature in the 21st Century

October 18, 2012

Discussion featuring Ryka Aoki, Imogen Binnie, Red Durkin, and Donna Ostrowsky. Moderated by Tourmaline.

Staking Our Claim: Trans Women’s Literature in the 21st Century

October 18, 2012

Celebrating the release of The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard (Topside Press, 2012), four of the volume's contributors, Ryka Aoki, Imogen Binnie,…

Donna Ostrowsky: “The Queer Experiment”

October 18, 2012

Reading by Donna Ostrowsky.

Red Durkin: “A Roman Incident”

October 18, 2012

Reading by Red Durkin.

Ryka Aoki: “To the New World”

October 18, 2012

Reading by Ryka Aoki.

Show Your Work: Feminist Knowledge Production in Digital Communities

October 9, 2012

Full-length video of Digital Community Formation discussion, featuring Jonathan Beller, Brittney Cooper, Gail Drakes, Dana Goldstein, Courtney Martin, and Renina Jarmon.
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