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Friday, March 7
 

12:00pm MST

Library Tour: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Friday March 7, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Established in 1954, the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University is the largest separate Africana collection in existence. Its scope is as wide as the continent of Africa itself; its subject matter ranges from art, history, literature, music, science, technology and religion to communications, engineering, management and cooking. The Africana collection is a resource for the entire university, and most of Northwestern's disciplinary programs are reflected in the collection. In addition to serving the NU community, the Herskovits Library also serves regional, national and international scholars.


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Moderators
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Antawan Byrd

Art Historian & Curator

Friday March 7, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
  Tours, Library Tour

2:00pm MST

From Panther to Panther: Legacies of Resistance
Friday March 7, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm MST
PO Box Collective

On May 28, 2022, a historic conference took place outside Mumbai, India. The meeting brought
together leaders of the Black Panther Party and the Dalit Panthers, on the 50th anniversary of
the revolutionary group’s founding, which aimed to abolish caste-based discrimination in India.
This event symbolically and concretely solidified a connection uniting the anti-caste and anti-
racism movements, advocating for liberation that traverses borders.


Chicago-based SpaceShift Collective invites you to a multidisciplinary program, which explores
the profound influence of the Black Panther Party on the Dalit Panthers through story, sound,
performance, artmaking, and conversation. Featuring contemporary artists, activists, and
scholars who will reflect, through their own practices, on the global solidarity of oppressed
communities, “From Panther to Panther” underscores the cultural and ideological cross-
pollination between the two movements.


Together, we will expand our understanding of how the Black Panther Party’s advocacy for
Black empowerment, self-defense, and social justice resonated with the Dalit Panthers in their
own struggle for equality and dignity. We will pay tribute to these movements, whose legacies
continue to inspire the fight for transnational justice today.

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Speakers
SC
SS
SS

Shrujana Shridhar

Artist & Illustrator
MS
DL

Damon Locks

Visual Artist, Musician, Educator
MD
Friday March 7, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm MST
PO Box Collective
  Discussions, Panel

5:00pm MST

Artist Talk: Betye Saar
Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm MST
Neubauer Collegium
This exhibition offers the first sustained look at a pivotal moment in Betye Saar’s career, when a visit to Chicago’s Field Museum in 1974 transformed the way she conceived of herself as an artist. A display of more than 60 objects—including a ceremonial robe from Cameroon, costumes and jewelry designed by Saar, drawings, photos, archival materials, and more—casts new light on the way Saar’s early career in costume design informed her pioneering work in assemblage and installation. Let’s Get It On is presented as part of a series of exhibitions and events linked to Panafrica: Histories, Aesthetics, Politics, a multi-year research project at the Neubauer Collegium that is exploring the connections between Pan-African politics and culture.

Exhibition curated by Dieter Roelstraete.
Text by the Neubauer Collegium.

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Speakers
BS
Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm MST
Neubauer Collegium
  Receptions, Reception

5:00pm MST

Wakaliga Uganda
Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm MST
The Renaissance Society
Established in 2005, the Kampala based film studio has developed a model that offers a counter-current to the dominant production paradigm, working with ultra-low budgets and community groups to produce action movies that present a refraction of the violent films coming out of Hollywood. At the Ren— the collective’s first wide-ranging exhibition in the US—they will present a new work, If Uganda Was America, alongside other recent films within a collaborative, customized installation.

Text by the Renaissance Society
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Speakers
WU

Wakaliga Uganda

Collective

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm MST
The Renaissance Society
  Receptions, Reception
 
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