Department of History & Government

Du Bois Center Events

Du Bois Center Fall Lecture on "Du Bois and African American Philosophers" Presenters

From left to right: Dr. John Shook, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bowie State University; Dr. Jacoby Carter, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Howard University; Dr. William Allen, Du Bois Center Co-Director and Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Bowie State University.

"Single Black Mother: Queer Reflections on Marriage and Racial Justice"

Dr. Anika Simpson, Howard University

  • Women's History Month
  • March 2026

The Scholarship of Rayford Logan

  • Feb. 23, 2026
  • Black History Month Symposium

"Black Women’s Intellectualism: The Case of Euphemia Haynes"

Dr. John Stigall, Howard University

  • Oct. 9, 2025
  • 11 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
  • MLK, Jr. Center

Community Fellows Program

  • April 7, 2025
  • 5-6 p.m.
Zoom Program with Du Bois Center community fellows who will share their academic projects with the BSU community. 

"Mary McLeod Bethune: The Pan-Africanist"

Dr. Ashley Preston, Associate Professor of History, Howard University

  • March 27
  • MLK 1340

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Dr. Preston, a BSU alumnus, will discuss her most recent book, Mary McLeod Bethune: The Pan-Africanist.  Dr. Preston’s book was short listed for Boston’s Museum of African American History Stone Book Award.

“Du Bois and Black Radicalism”

Dr. Maurice Jackson, Professor of History, Georgetown University

  • February 20, 2025
  • 11 a.m.
  • MLK Auditorium

"The history of black athletes in an international context with a focus on Black women"

Professor Christopher Murray, Lecturer, LLCS, Bowie State University

  • Nov. 7, 2024
  • 11 a.m.
  • Beacon Room

"Philosophic values and world citizenship in the context of African-American philosophers"

Dr. Jacoby Carter, Professor of Philosophy at Howard University

  • Oct. 2, 2024
  • 11 a.m.
  • Beacon Room

"Indian-African Diaspora in the Caribbean"

Dr. Lomarsh Roopnarine, Jackson State University

  • Feb. 8, 2024
  • 5-6:20 p.m.
  • Virtual Presentation

Film Screening "Slavery in the Age of Revolution"

  • Feb. 15, 2024
  • 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  • Student Center Theatre

A Conversation with Honorary British Consul Oliver St. Clair Franklin and Dr. Monifa Love

  • Feb. 20, 2024
  • 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  • Student Center Ballroom

The Du Bois Keynote Lecture

Dr. Robert Greene II, Claflin University

  • Feb. 22, 2024
  • 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  • Beacon Room

"Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Black Radical Feminist"

Dr. Nneka Dennie, Washington and Lee University, discussion of her book

  • Mar. 28, 2024
  • 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  • Marshall Special Collections

"Siddis of India"

Dr. Sumanth Reddy

  • Apr. 11, 2024
  • 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  • Marshall Special Collections

"Contemporary Implications of the MOVE Bombing and the University of Penn Museum"

Dr. Sheneese Thompson

  • Apr. 16, 2024
  • 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  • Marshall Special Collections