Africana Studies Program Events

Upcoming Events

Please see below for news on upcoming Africana Studies events!

An Evening with Professor Hasan Kwame Jeffries!

Join us on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. University Center Auditorium (Room 206)!

Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries is an historian of the African American experience whose work explores the evolution of the Black freedom struggle and the enduring fight for democracy in America. A leading scholar of the civil rights and Black Power movements, his teaching, writing, and public engagement challenge audiences to confront the past honestly in order to understand the present.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsors: Africana Studies Program, History Department and the Department of Political Science and Public Service

Past Events

Find below a selection of some of our past programming. 
 

An Evening with Professor Molefi Kete Asante (Thursday, February 13, 2025)
 

UTC’s Africana Studies Program welcomes Professor Molefi Kete Asante to campus for a talk titled “Africans in America: A Journey of Liberation.”

UTC’s Africana Studies Program, together with the Department of History, the Department of Political Science and Public Service, and the Division of Access and Engagement are very excited to present “An Evening with Professor Molefi Kete Asante” on Thursday, February 13. Dr. Asante is Professor of Africology at Temple University and President of The Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies in Philadelphia. His talk, titled “Africans in America: A Journey of Liberation,” will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the University Center Auditorium (Room 206). This event is free and open to the public, so please join us on Thursday, February 13!