Come hear about GWS & AAAS course offerings for the fall semester.  Snacks provided. 

On September 14, 2015, LIGO detectors picked up a gravitational wave signal coming from the merger of a binary black hole. This is the first direct detection of gravitational waves and the first observation of binary black hole and its merger. In this talk we will go over the key aspects of the discovery, and highlight some its implications for fundamental physics and astrophysics.

The works of African descendant women describing our own experiences has always been the most reliable source for my developing a coherent theoretical dialogue about women in captivity and beyond. Black Feminist Archaeology, therefore, demonstrates through an analysis of the material past a method to positively enhance the texture and depth of how we understand the experiences of captive African peoples and further creates an archaeology that can be directly linked to the larger quest for social and political justice.

Join us for an evening with filmmaker Robin Hessman and a screening of her award-winning documentary, MY PERESTROIKA (2010). The film tells the stories of five Moscow schoolmates who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain, witnessed the joy and confusion of glasnost, and reached adulthood right as the world changed around them. A Q&A with the director will follow the film.

For more information please visit myperestroika.com