Upcoming Events
Planning for the 2007-2008 academic year is underway. Please check this page in the fall for an updated list of events and activities.
2006-2007 Events
Roundtable Discussion on Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois
Tutor Thomas May, St. John's College, and Dr. Alisha Knight, Assistant Professor of English and American Studies at Washington College, moderated an open discussion about Washington's "Atlanta Exposition Address" and Du Bois's critique of Washington in "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others" on April 10, 2007. This forum was co-sponsored by the Black Studies Program, the Department of Philosophy, the Philosophy Club, as well as Campus Events and the William James Forum.
WC Black Studies Trivia Contest
The Black Studies Program invited students to test their knowledge of black history directly related to the College. All contestants received a limited-edition Black Studies Program t-shirt. Congratulations to Emily Richardson for winning first prize!
Click here to read the correct answers. (MS Word)Robert Earl Price's "Blue Monk"
Robert Earl Price, playwright in residence at 7 Stages Theatre in Atlanta, performed poetry and a selection from his play about jazz pianist Thelonious Monk on February 13, 2007. Mr. Price was accompanied by the Washington College Jazz Combo, under the direction of Prof. Ken Schweitzer.
Reginald F. Lewis Museum Tour
The Black Studies Program sponsored a day trip to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture on February 3, 2007.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
Leon Williams, Director of Intercultural Programs, Buena Vista University, Iowa, performed "SHATTERED DREAMS," WHAT WOULD DR. KING SAY TODAY, on January 30, 2007, as part of the Washington College Martin Luther King Day Celebration.
WC Gospel Choir Annual Christmas Concert
Washington College's Gospel Choir presented its annual Christmas concert, "A Savior is Born," on December 2, 2006.
Rose O'Neill Tea and Talk Series Examined Radical Revisioning in African American Literature
Dr. Alisha Knight, Assistant Professor of English and American Studies, presented a paper, "Famous Women of the Negro Race and Pauline Hopkins's (En)Gendered Gospel of Success," on November 15, 2006.
Sophie Kerr / C.V. Star Center Lecture on Poetry and the Abolition of Slavery
Dr. James Basker, Richard Gilder Professor of Literary History, Barnard College, gave a lecture, "Why Literature Matters: Poets and the Abolition of Slavery," on October 9, 2006.
Sophie Kerr Lecture on Tupac Shakur
Dr. James Peterson, Pennsylvania State University, delivered his lecture, "Flashing Forward: Tupac Shakur and the Prolepsis of Popular History," on September 20, 2006.