Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Open House 2024 & Networking Event on October 3rd! It was a fantastic opportunity for scholars, students, and members to come together and engage in meaningful conversations, spark future collaborations, and reflect on key topics in Africa and its Diasporas. Journal of African and African Diasporic […]
Date: September 14th, 2023 Time: 12:00 – 2:00pm ET Location: 314 York Lanes Register here on Eventbrite
English language version follows Le féminisme est un humanisme, avec le docteur Denis Mukwege Événement organisé par la Professeure Gertrude Mianda, ancienne directrice de l’Institut Harriet Tubman (Harriet Tubman Institue), et le Professeur James Orbinski, directeur de l’institut de santé (Dahdaleh Global Health Institute). Soutenu par Pascal Arseneau et le campus Glendon de l’Université York. Lorsqu’on a demandé à l’écrivain et philosophe V.Y. Mudimbe, de la […]
Dates: June 26-29, 2023 Location: l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal The Harriet Tubman Institute is going to Dakar! The Conference will be hosted at l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal. HTI extends a huge thank you to our supporters, York International, The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, the African Studies Program, and the Resource Centre […]
On February 2nd, 2023, the Harriet Tubman Institute hosted it’s Black History Month 2023 Opening Ceremony in collaboration with the Resource Centre for Public Sociology and the African Studies Program. Community members gathered to honour Dr. Winston LaRose (also known as Mr. Jane and Finch) for his relentless work with the Jane and Finch community. […]
Drop in to the Winter Coffee Social with the Harriet Tubman Institute and the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages. Date: Every Thursday Time: 1-2pm ET Location: In front of YL 347; 3rd floor, York Lanes Light refreshments will be served! Cancellations: Feb. 2, 2023; April 20th, 2023.
The Harriet Tubman Institute welcomes you to our Annual Holiday Get-Together at 314 York Lanes. Join us for an in-person social gathering with food and drink! Date: January (TBD) Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm EST Location: Resource Centre (314 York Lanes)
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022 Time: 1:00PM-2:30PM EST Location: Zoom Register in advance for this meeting:https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkcuirqD4rH9bhPyaz5cc-uLyhAHs8nkAt Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad Abstract: Underground Railroad scholarship has focused almost exclusively on interior overland routes used to escape enslavement in the Antebellum South. Largely overlooked, however, is the great multitude of enslaved persons […]
Thursday – 27 October 2022 05:30PM (EST), Zoom Registration Speaker: Lorenzo Serravalle, M.A. student in Anthropology at YorkU Biography: M.A. student at York University in the Social Anthropology program. During his undergraduate career, he assisted Dr. Annie Bunting with her research on forced marriage in conflict situations in various African countries by producing knowledge mobilization […]
Date: Thursday October 27, 2022 Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm EST Location: Virtual Register in advance for this meeting:https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEoc–grzosHdHojHn_B84zxOTpY7YjmwgZ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The Necessity of Black Educational Space Abstract: Research suggests that for Black students in K-12, Black-led educational spaces equip them with education to succeed in […]