EVENT archive

BCAT’s 2024-2025 events

  • Museum-Themed Flier about BCaT Field Trip that states "Join the BCaT Lab for a trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Wednesday, November 20th from 12pm-3pm."

    BCAT Field Trip

    November 20th, 2024

    12 PM - 3 PM

    This month, we’re hosting a field trip on November 20th to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. There, we will have lunch in the Sweet Home Cafe and receive a guided tour of the Power of Place exhibition. This tour will help provide insights into the ways we can explore developing our Black Homeplaces Co(Lab)!

    See the flier on Deep Blue

  • Image of November BCaT BookClub Schedule. Wednesday November 13t focuses on excerpts by Stuart Hall.

    BCAT Book Club Lunch and Learn

    November 13th, 2024

    12 PM - 1 PM

    Join us at Skinner 3115 or on Zoom for BCaT Bookclub. To access the materials for this week, visit our Black Homeplaces page.

  • Poster for BCaT's October Book Club Schedule. Wednesday October 30th focuses on "Black Placemaking: Celebration, Play and Poetry" by Hunter et. al

    BCaT Book Club Lunch and Learn

    October 30th, 2024

    12 PM - 1 PM

    Join us at Skinner 3115 or on Zoom for BCaT Bookclub. To access the readings for this week, visit our Black Homeplaces page.

  • Image of October BCaT BookClub Schedule. For Wednesday October 23rd, the reading will be on Soniqua Roch's "Th Black Living Room" at 12pm.

    BCAT Book Club Lunch and Learn

    October 23rd, 2024

    12 PM - 1 PM

    Join us at Skinner 3115 or on Zoom for BCaT Bookclub. This week we’ll be covering "The Black Living Room" by Shoniqua Roach. To access the materials for this week, visit our Black Homeplaces page.

  • Diner Themed Flier about BCaT Eats that says BCaT Eats will take place on the following Wednesdays: September 25th, October 16th, and December 4th in Skinner 3115.

    BCAT Eats

    October 16th, 2024

    5 PM - 7 PM

    Join us for BCaT Eats at Skinner 3115. There will be food, community, and fun. Hope to see you there!

  • Poster for BCaT Alt Academia Applies. Panelists include Dr. Jovonne Bickerstaff, Dr. Alexandria Lockett, Dr. Laura Coyle, and Dr. Keyanah Nurse.

    BCaT Applies

    October 16th, 2024

    3 PM - 5 PM

    Come join us for BCaT Applies at Skinner 3115 or on Zoom for a discussion on Alt-Academia! If you are a near/recent grad student considering a career in academia, join us in talking with a panel of academia experts.

    Panelists include representatives from the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), and independent scholars.

    See the flier on Deep Blues.

    Watch the recording on Youtube or Deep Blues.

  • Poster for BCaT Applies events that are taking place this semester. Academic Job Market Clinic will happen on Wednesday, September 25.

    BCaT Applies: Academic Job Market Clinic

    September 25th, 2024

    3 PM - 5 PM

    Come join us for BCaT Applies at Skinner 3115 or on Zoom for a panel on Alt- Academia.

  • Library themed flier titled BCaT Bookclub - Wednesdays 12 - 1 pm. Join us in the lab in Skinner 3115 or on Zoom to engage with ar exhibitions, films, readings and more, while exploring Black placemaking practices across the diaspora.

    BCAT Book Club Lunch and Learn

    September 18th, 2024

    12 PM - 1 PM

    Join us at Skinner 3115 or on Zoom for BCaT Bookclub. To access the materials for this week, visit our Black Homeplaces page.

  • Flier titled Collaborative Project Info Session Black Homeplaces that is taking place on Wdnesday, September 18th 2024. Join us to learn more about digitizing the Black Home, Black placemaking traditions, Black diasporic overlaps and divergencs.

    BCaT Co(Labs) Project Info Session

    September 18th, 2024

    10 AM - 12 PM

    Join us in Skinner 3115 or on Zoom to learn about the new, inter-institutional collaborative research project we will be running this year. This project will be focusing on the Black Homeplace, and centring Black placemaking practices across the diaspora as modes of resistance, celebration, play, and containers of Black archives.