April 17th @ 5:30 PM: Daphne A. Brooks on “Porgy and Bess”
Wednesday, April 17t, 5:30 PM:
106 Stoeckel Hall
Daphne A. Brooks, “Rhapsody and Ruin: Porgy and Bess, Cultural Domination and the Story of America”
In this lecture, Daphne A. Brooks, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of African American Studies, American Studies, Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies and Music, mines the archive in order to trace the legacy of racial performance and racial and gender violence made manifest in 1935’s Porgy and Bess. It moves from an exploration of the Heyward and Gershwin archives to a consideration of the genius Black women culture workers who’ve grappled with the opera’s legacy.
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April 10th @ 5:30 PM: Brian Kane on Sound Archives, Robert F. Williams, and Al Hibbler
Wednesday, April 10, 5:30pm
106 Stoeckel Hall
Brian Kane, “The Sound Archive and the Sonic Archive: Robert F. Williams in Cuba and Al Hibbler in Birmingham”
In this lecture/demonstration, Brian Kane, Associate Professor of Music and Affiliated Faculty, Film and Media Studies, will discuss some problems and challenges of historical sound studies by considering the a distinction between “the sound archive” and “the sonic archive.” The demonstration will focus on two sound recordings from the 1960s and the struggle for civil rights: a radio broadcast by the activist, Robert F. Williams, and a speech given by the singer Al Hibbler in support of the Birmingham campaign.
March 29th @ 10:30 AM: BSAW Brunch & Research Meeting
Friday, March 29th, 10:30 AM — 12 Noon
106 Stoeckel Hall
Grads, postdocs, undergrads, fellow faculty–come with your interests, come with your projects, come with your ideas for programming and come learn more about BSAW resources and future events!
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March 5th @ 4pm: A Conversation with Maurice Wallace and Alexander G. Weheliye
Tuesday, March 5th at 4 PM (EST)
Online via Zoom: bit.ly/BSAWMarch5
Join us for a special author talk with Professor Maurice Wallace on King’s Vibrato: Modernism, Blackness and the Sonic Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Duke University Press, 2022) and Professor Alexander G. Weheliye on Feenin: R&B Music and the Materiality of BlackFem Voices and Technology (Duke University Press, 2023), moderated by Professors Daphne A. Brooks and Brian Kane.
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