2020-2021 Academic Year Archives
"Dreams for Lesotho" Book Launch
Friday, August 28, 2020 8:00 AM - Friday, August 28, 2020 9:00 AM at Morija Museum & Archives
Professor John Aerni-Flessner's book launch for "Dreams of Lesotho" will be streamed live.
9th Annual Perspectives in African-American Experience: Emerging Visions Residency and Exhibition
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:00 AM at RCAH LookOut Gallery
See the first ever virtual RCAH LookOut Gallery Exhibit!
Reginald Dwayne Betts: Felon: A Play; A Discourse
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 3:00 PM - Wednesday, September 23, 2020 4:00 PM at Online
Acclaimed poet and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts presents an excerpt of his current project, "Felon: A Play; A Discourse."
Discover RCAH Series: Expert Application Advice!
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 7:00 PM at Online
Are you ready to tell the world that you got accepted into your dream college?
Wednesday Night Live (WNL) / Fall Writing Festival: An Evening with Reginald Dwayne Betts
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 7:00 PM at Online
RCAH's iconic Wednesday Night Live kicks off 2020-2021 with poet, author, and youth justice advocate Reginald Dwayne Betts.
#WeRCAHnnected Homecoming 2020
Friday, September 25, 2020 6:30 PM - Friday, September 25, 2020 10:00 PM at Online
Join us for a creative, fun evening with updates on the College and various online adventures!
Easy Dance of Suggestion and Sail of Inspiration: A Writing "Workship"
Thursday, October 15, 2020 11:00 AM - Thursday, October 15, 2020 12:00 PM at Zoom
Neurodivergent Poetics: Four Nonspeaking Autistic Poets Reinvent Language
Thursday, October 15, 2020 7:00 PM - Wednesday, October 14, 2020 8:30 PM at Zoom
Trivia for the People
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 8:00 PM at Zoom
Register for this live Zoom trivia night about the election, op culture, media, and more for the chance to win some fun prizes
Conversations on Community Wellbeing
Thursday, October 29, 2020 6:30 PM at Zoom
This event will be hosted alongside Good Girl radio for a discussion on community origin stories
Festival of the Moving Image
Friday, October 30, 2020 12:00 AM - Thursday, November 5, 2020 12:00 AM at
Alternate Histories, Disrupted Representations, and the Art of Creating from Colonial(ist) Archives
Monday, November 9, 2020 7:00 PM at Zoom
A Conversation Between Visual Artist Alex Callender and Poet Shara McCallum, moderated by RCAH Center for Poetry Director Lauren Russell
Alumni Career Panel for WNL Credit
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 7:00 PM at
Connect with RCAH Alumni during this WNL opportunity for information on careers and networking
CARIBE FRACTAL / FRACTAL CARIBBEAN OPENING RECEPTION
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 5:00 PM - Tuesday, December 15, 2020 6:30 PM at Virtual
The Opening Reception for the Virtual CARIBE FRACTAL / FRACTAL CARIBBEAN!
Just Checking In: Conversations on Community Wellbeing
Thursday, December 17, 2020 6:30 PM - Thursday, December 17, 2020 8:00 PM at Virtual
Martin Luther King, Jr. Advancing Inclusion through Research Award Submission Deadline
Monday, December 21, 2020 11:59 PM at Virtual
4th Annual Diversity Research Showcase
Friday, January 15, 2021 3:00 PM - Friday, January 15, 2021 5:00 PM at Virtual
Listen and learn with oral and poster presentations from MSU undergraduate students that focus on issues of diversity
4th Annual MSU Social Justice Art Festival 2021
Monday, January 18, 2021 12:00 AM - Thursday, January 21, 2021 12:00 AM at Virtual
Don't miss the upcoming fourth annual MSU Social Justice Art Festival!
Michael Darough: 10th Annual Perspectives in African-American Experience: Emerging Visions Residency and Exhibition
Monday, January 18, 2021 12:00 AM - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 12:00 AM at Virtual
Photographs remembering Black lives lost to police violence and exploring cycles of criminalization and mass incarceration in the U.S.
2021 Social Justice Art Festival LIVE Opening Ceremony with Keynote Talk by Michael Darough
Monday, January 18, 2021 3:00 PM at Virtual
2021 Social Justice Art Festival LIVE Opening Ceremony with Keynote Talk by Michael Darough, RCAH's 10th Annual Emerging Visions artist-in-residence.
Building Community & Celebrating Student Success
Monday, January 18, 2021 3:30 PM - Monday, January 18, 2021 5:00 PM at Virtual
Live Closing Ceremony - Social Justice Art Festival 2021
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 7:00 PM at Virtual
Join the live closing ceremony, with awards, for the 4th Annual MSU Social Justice Art Festival.
Artists Q&A - Social Justice Art Festival 2021
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 7:00 PM at Virtual
Chat live with the artists exhibiting their work at the 4th Annual MSU Social Justice Art Festival.
Anti-bias Training: Moving Dr. King's message forward in a 2020 platform
Thursday, January 21, 2021 12:00 PM - Thursday, January 21, 2021 2:00 PM at Virtual
Symposium on Continuity and Change in Political Culture, Israel and Beyond
Sunday, January 24, 2021 11:00 AM - Sunday, January 24, 2021 1:45 PM at Virtual
Scholars Yael S. Aronoff, Ilan Peleg, and Saliba Sarsar discuss their book "Continuity and Change in Political Culture, Israel and Beyond"
Lecture by Sarah S. Willen about her award-winning book Fighting For Dignity: Migrant Lives at Israel’s Margins
Saturday, January 30, 2021 11:00 AM - Sunday, January 31, 2021 12:30 PM at Virtual
Anthropologist Sarah Willen will reflect on her long-term ethnographic engagement with global migrants who came to Israel from various countries
Artist Feature: Caroline Monnet
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 7:00 PM - Wednesday, February 10, 2021 9:00 PM at Online
Filmmaker and artist Caroline Monnet will be discussing her exhibition Bridging Distance, featured at the MSU Broad Art Museum
Historical Origins of Today’s American Antisemitism: A Virtual Teach In
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 7:00 PM - Tuesday, February 16, 2021 8:00 PM at Zoom
Join four professors of History and Jewish studies at MSU as they discuss the origins of antisemitism
Sister Circle Internship and Resume Workshop
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 7:00 PM - Wednesday, February 17, 2021 8:30 PM at Virtual
The Photograph is in My Hand: The Poetics of Timing in Comics
Thursday, February 18, 2021 12:45 PM - Thursday, February 18, 2021 2:00 PM at
The Photograph Is in My Hand: The Poetics of Timing in Comics
Thursday, February 18, 2021 12:45 PM - Thursday, February 18, 2021 2:00 PM at Virtual
Don't miss this unique comics and poetry workshop led by Yona Harvey!
An Evening with Poet and Comic Writer Yona Harvey and Comic Artist and Writer Marcel Walker
Thursday, February 18, 2021 7:00 PM - Thursday, February 18, 2021 8:30 PM at Online
An Evening with Poet and Comic Writer Yona Harvey and Comic Artist and Writer Marcel Walker
Thursday, February 18, 2021 7:00 PM - Thursday, February 18, 2021 8:30 PM at Virtual
A Reading, Presentation, and Conversation with Poet and Comic Writer Yona Harvey and Comic Artist and Writer Marcel Walker
The Kamala Harris Era? Asian/Black/Biracial Identities, Communities, and Politics Panel Discussion
Friday, February 19, 2021 4:00 PM at Virtual
Professor Thobani Joins Discussion on Asian, Black, Biracial Identities, Communities, and Politics
RCAH Midwinter Mingle
Friday, February 19, 2021 7:00 PM - Friday, February 19, 2021 9:00 PM at Virtual
Warm up the winter season with RCAH's Midwinter Mingle
Evergreen Haiku Study Group
Saturday, February 20, 2021 1:00 PM - Saturday, February 20, 2021 3:00 PM at Virtual
February meeting of the Evergreen Haiku Study group with special guest Patricia J. Machmiller
RCAH Black History Month Series: Zora Neale Hurston: Story of the Storyteller
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 6:00 PM - Tuesday, February 23, 2021 7:30 PM at Virtual
Award-winning Social Education Expert, author and founder of Zoraphile Ashlee Chesny returns to Michigan State University to present Zora Neale Hurston: Story of the Storyteller as a part of the RCAH Black History Series.
Betting on Democracy: The Faith of an American Jewish Pragmatist
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 7:00 PM - Tuesday, February 23, 2021 8:30 PM at Virtual
MLK Jr. Advancing Inclusion through Research Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 5:15 PM at Virtual
The Purpose of Black History Month
Thursday, February 25, 2021 6:30 PM - Thursday, February 25, 2021 7:30 PM at Virtual
15th Annual MSU Israeli Film Festival
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 12:00 AM - Sunday, March 14, 2021 12:00 AM at Virtual
Ashes and Embers Presented by Professor Hamilton-Wray
Thursday, March 4, 2021 7:20 PM at Virtual
Malcolm X's Time in Lansing Talk by Professor John Aerni-Flessner
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 2:00 PM at Virtual
Wednesday Night Live: RCAH Pathway Chat with Alumni and Current Students
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 7:00 PM at Virtual
RCAH Women’s Heritage Month Series: Excuse Me I'm Speaking
Thursday, March 11, 2021 6:00 PM at Virtual
WNL: Graduate School Discussion with RCAH Fellows
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 7:00 PM at Virtual
Thinking about Grad School? Want to know more about it?
RCAH-Verse: Two-in-One Poetry Workshop with RCAH Alumni Poets Jenny Crakes and Lia Greenwell
Thursday, March 18, 2021 12:45 PM - Thursday, March 18, 2021 2:00 PM at Virtual
Join the Center for Poetry via Zoom as RCAH alumna poets Jenny Crakes and Lia Greenwell offer two poetry workshops in one afternoon.
RCAH-Verse: An Evening with Six RCAH Alumni Poets
Thursday, March 18, 2021 7:00 PM - Thursday, March 18, 2021 8:30 PM at Virtual
Don't miss this poetry event with SIX of our talented alumni!
Evergreen Haiku Study Group
Saturday, March 20, 2021 1:00 PM - Saturday, March 20, 2021 3:00 PM at Virtual
March meeting of the Evergreen Haiku Study Group
Finifter Panel on The Holocaust in Greece
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at Virtual
Co-sponsors: College of Arts and Letters, James Madison College, the College of Social Science, the RCAH, office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, Asian Studies Center and Department of History
RCAH Women's History Series: Zora Neale Hurston: Woman of the World
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 6:00 PM - Tuesday, March 23, 2021 7:30 PM at Virtual
Award-winning social education expert, author, and founder of Zoraphile, Ashlee Chesny, returns to MSU for the RCAH Women's History Series featuring a deep look at Zora Neale Hurston.
An Evening with Author Marilyn Nelson
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 7:00 PM - Wednesday, April 7, 2021 8:30 PM at Virtual
Author Marilyn Nelson will be hosting a reading as well as announcing the winner of the 2021 Balocating Prize for Undergraduate Poetry
Sister Circle Relationship Session
Sunday, April 11, 2021 6:00 PM at Virtual
Evergreen Haiku Study Group
Saturday, April 17, 2021 1:00 PM - Saturday, April 17, 2021 3:00 PM at Virtual
April meeting of the Evergreen Haiku Study Group with special guest Paul Miller
Poetry Readings: The Fantastical Magical Incredible RCAH Poetry Extravaganza Bonanza Palooza Extraordinaire
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 12:45 PM at Virtual
The RCAH 316 Poetry Class humbly requests your presence at The Fantastical Magical Incredible RCAH Poetry Extravaganza Palooza Extraordinaire!
RCAH Spring Showcase 2021
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 6:30 PM - Tuesday, April 20, 2021 8:30 PM at Virtual
The much anticipated RCAH Spring Showcase returns!
Community Wellbeing Series: Overcoming Trauma with Transformative Self-Care
Thursday, April 22, 2021 6:30 PM - Thursday, April 22, 2021 8:00 PM at Virtual
Sister Circle Study Session
Sunday, April 25, 2021 6:00 PM - Sunday, April 25, 2021 8:00 PM at Virtual
RSVP by April 20 to get your snack pack!
Celebrate Juneteenth
Saturday, June 19, 2021 3:00 PM at Virtual
Don't miss this special Juneteenth celebration and conversation with award-winning author and education, Rae Chesny.