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Fri, Mar 6, 2020
Professor Amy Coddington: "Containing Black Noise: Radio Responds to Hip-Hop in the Early 1990s"
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Arms Music Center, Room 7
Free and open to the public. Lunch provided.
The music department continues its Research in Music speaker series featuring department faculty discussing their work.
In the late 1980s, hip-hop moved from the margins to the mainstream, from New York block parties to family rooms across America. But despite this tremendous growth in popularity, many in the music industry hadn't come around to the relatively new style. In this talk, Professor Coddington will analyze how the radio industry reacted to hip-hop's popularity, tracing the emergence of "rap-free" radio stations and examining how these stations segregated the American public by protecting white listeners from hip-hop's black sounds.
For more information, contact Professor Jason Robinson (jrobinson@amherst.edu).
Life Stories Lunch with Harrison Blum, Director of Religious and Spiritual Life
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Keefe Campus Center, McCaffrey
The Life Stories Series provides a forum for the Amherst community to get to know each other outside of our professional and academic roles. At each lunch, a student, faculty or staff member will share a story from their lives, followed by the opportunity for participants to engage in reflection and discussion. Lunch provided.
Cheminar: “Phosphorus, Photons and Metals: Increasingly Efficient Ways to P–C Bonds”
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Science Center, Kirkpatrick Lecture Hall - #A011
Seminar with Professor and Associate Dean Rory Waterman, University of Vermont, Chemistry Department
Story Time with Lorraine Avila
Join the MRC and La Causa for a storytelling event and Q+A session with Lorraine Avila. Through her storytelling, Lorraine Avila seeks to break free from generational trauma by continuing to rupture the traditions of silence. She will be reading from her most recent book, Malcriada. Food from El Comalito will be provided.