Black Cultural Studies Collective
Mission Statement
The Black Cultural Studies Collective (BCSC) is an interdisciplinary working group committed to critically engaging the literatures, cultures, and histories of African-descended people across the diaspora. Informed by the political and ethical principles of black studies and black feminist practices, BCSC prioritizes thinking in public as a process for collaborative education. To us, this is a radical and life-sustaining act in the face of global anti-black oppression.
Though housed at the University of Pennsylvania, BCSC[1] serves as a student-led, critical learning space where our members can foster an intellectual community of mutual support that extends beyond the university. In doing so, we seek to honor various ways of knowing and sources of knowledge. To accomplish this, we believe our vision must be carried out in multiple spaces, and seek to create a digital platform for outreach, collaboration and preservation that beyond the boundaries of any one campus or city. Collectively, we will create accessible opportunities for critical reading and discussion safe from judgement, competition, or non-constructive criticism.
We welcome the participation and collaboration of any individuals in the Philadelphia community who share these interests.
[1] The Black Cultural Studies Collective sponsored jointly by the English and Africana Studies departments.
Email: bcscollectiveupenn@gmail.com
Past Events
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Mariannes Noires (2016) Film Screening + Dinner & Discussion
February 8, 2018 - 5:30pm to 8:00pm -
Reading Group Meeting
January 23, 2018 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm -
Keyana Parks (WIP)
November 27, 2017 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm -
Performance by Chrysanthemum Tran and Charlotte Abotsi - CANCELED
November 10, 2017 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm -
A Reading & Conversation with Claudia Rankine
November 8, 2017 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm -
BCSC Workshop, TBD
April 12, 2017 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm -
Kinohi Nishikawa (Princeton): "The Book Reads You: William Melvin Kelley's Typographic Imagination."
April 4, 2017 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm -
Visiting scholar Dr. Sarah Stefana Smith
March 29, 2017 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm -
Historiographies of Racial Trauma
In collaboration with The Black Cultural Studies Collective (BCSC)March 18, 2017 - 11:30am to 1:15pm