Tag: black history month

Celebrating Black History Month in the Romance Languages

Posted on by Claude Potts

Contemporary Black, African, and African diaspora writers across the world are redefining literature and criticism in French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Here are some noteworthy books in their original languages recently acquired by the UC Berkeley Library. Translations into English may also be available for some of the better known.

 

Please also see the related English literatures post for Black History Month 2024 and the Black History at Cal library research guide.

Exploring the Arts during Black History Month

Posted on by Nina Bayley

“The A&AePortal is committed to featuring groundbreaking and authoritative books on African Americans and the arts. Here are some highlights—see what might be helpful in your teaching, coursework, or research!” – from the A&Ae Portal Website.

Explore the Arts and Architecture E Portal from Yale University Press provided to you by UC Berkeley Library.  Click the link to see these and other titles about the African American and Black Diaspora.

 

Visit the Art History/ Classics library to view more new books on Black and African American Artists now on display in 308 Doe.

Celebrating Black History Month- New E-Resources in Art History

Posted on by Nina Bayley

Check out these materials, all available on-line.  Click on the titles to access them through UC Library Search.

Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation: Another Way of Knowing

The Color Pynk: Black Femme Art for Survival

Death’s futurity : the visual life of Black power

Feelin : creative practice, pleasure, and Black feminist thought

Gullah spirit the art of Jonathan Green

Negotiating Race and Rights in the Museum

 

Speaking Out of Turn: Lorraine O’Grady and the Art of Language

The Black experience in design : identity, expression & reflection

Through the Lens: The Pandemic and Black Lives Matter

 

Black History Month and February’s New Art Books

Posted on by Nina Bayley

Check out the work of these Black and African American artists in these new catalogs, presently on view on the Art History/ Classics Library new book shelf.  Click the links below the images to see them in UC Library Search.

Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw                         Dirty South                                         Beyond the Black Atlantic

Claudette Johnson: I Came to Dance                       Betye Saar                                    Bob Thompson: This House is Mine

Black History Month Celebration at UC Berkeley Library!

Posted on by Liladhar

Please join us for a virtual Black History Month Celebration at UC Berkeley Library! The event is planned for Wednesday, February 23, 2022, from 11:30 am until 1 pm PST / 2:30 pm to 4 pm EST on Zoom.

Webinar Registration: ucberk.li/black-history-month-2022-event
Free and Open to all with prior registration. Please remember to authenticate by signing into your institutional or individual zoom accounts first before trying to register for the event.

I want to thank our Vice Chancellor for the Division of Equity & Inclusion,  Dania Matos, who found time out of her hectic schedule to provide the opening remarks. We look forward to welcoming everyone. Please be so kind as to share information about this event with your respective communities of practice.

 

February’s New Books in Art History

Posted on by Nina Bayley

Check out these new books and e-books in the subject of Art History.  Click the links below for their records in UC Library Search.

World is Africa                                                              Young, Gifted and Black                                               With Fists Raised

 

Alison Saar: of Aether and Earthe              Dawoud Bey: Two American Projects                        Raggin’ On

The “Black Art” Renaissance                       Black Queer Freedom                                           Designing a New Tradition