Behind West Virginia’s Massive Chemical Spill, A History Of Poverty And Pollution

On February 10th, 2014 from 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm, “The Loving Story” will be shown in the Gallery in Special Collections at the Albin O. Kuhn Library.

On February 11th, 2014 at 4:30 pm, we will host a panel discussion with historian Dr. Claudrena N. Harold. Professor Harold is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Virginia. She recently co-directed a short film called “Sugarcoated Arsenic” with her colleague Professor Kevin Everson. The film is an “exploration of African American intellectual, social, and political life at the University of Virginia during the 1970s”. For more information about the film, visit http://history.virginia.edu/node/2956.

AFST will give one FREE orchestra ticket to an AFST major or minor who is interested in attending the Saturday, February 8, 2014, performance of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The ticket includes a pre-show reception at 6 pm sponsored by the Chapter of Black and Latino Alumni of UMBC. Show at 7:30 pm.

Questions? Call the Africana Studies Department at (410) 455-2158, or the Library at (410) 455-2346.

GLBL 409 - Special Topics in Global Studies - Geopolitics

Dr. John Short (PUBL)

Wednesday, 4:30-7:00

Lecture

3 credits

Grading:  regular, no pass/fail

Cap:  20; Waitlist:  3

Description:  An introduction to the study of geopolitics and the state of contemporarygeopolitics.  Geopolitics is the study of power relations between empires and states.  It explores the meaning, contestation, construction, and maintenance of the political organization of space. The course traces the evolution of geopolitical thought from Mahan and Mackinder through Kennan and up to modern popular writers such as Robert Kaplan, who argues that a nation’s position on the world map is a primary determinant of conflict.  We will also examine an emerging critical form of geopolitics, which looks at the social construction of political spaces, exposes the material interests involved in the narratives used to explain these spaces, and explores the spatial construction of social identity.

Anthony T. Browder  is  an author, publisher, cultural historian, artist, and an educational consultant. He is a graduate of Howard University’s College of Fine Arts and has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Africa, Caribbean, Mexico, Japan and Europe, on issues related to African and African American History and Culture.

      Mr. Browder is the founder and director of IKG Cultural Resources and has devoted 33 years researching ancient Egyptian history, science, philosophy and culture.

     He has traveled to Egypt 49 times since 1980 and is currently director of the ASA Restoration Projectwhich is funding the excavation and restoration of the 25^th dynasty tomb of Karakhamun in Luxor, Egypt. 

     Browder is the first African American to fund and coordinate an archeological dig in Egypt and has lead five archeological missions to Egypt since 2009. His archeological work in Egypt has been acknowledged by former President Mohamed Morsi, the Minister of Tourism and various Ministers of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

    Mr. Browder’s three decades of study have lead him to the conclusion that ancient Africans were the architects of civilization and developed the rudiments of what has become the scientific, religious, and philosophical backbone of mankind. It is from this framework that IKG has concentrated its research and disseminated its findings.

      Through IKG, Mr. Browder sponsors lectures, seminars, cultural field trips of Washington, D.C., publishes his research, and has conducted study tours to Egypt, West Africa, South Africa and Mexico since 1987. He has been featured in 5 documentaries and has produced dozens of DVD’s of his numerous lectures.

      He is the author of six publications (including the best sellers, From the Browder File and Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization) and the co-author of four publications, including two written with his daughter, Atlantis Tye. 

 All of Mr. Browder’s publications, DVD’s and documentaries are currently being used in classrooms around the world.

 “Tony” describes himself as a chronicler of facts and information relative to the positive portrayal of the worldwide African experience.