Third Lecture: CAAAS Distinguished Lecture Series Presents Dr. Brian Kwoba

Students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members gathered at the CAAAS for the third lecture of the CAAAS Distinguished Lecture Series to hear Dr. Brian Kwoba. Dr. Kwoba presented on his book: “Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism” on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, from 3:30 to 5:30 pm in the CAAAS Salon, Macky Auditorium #116 (1595 Pleasant Street, Boulder, CO 80309).

About our Distinguished Lecturer:
Dr. Brian Kwoba grew up in Boulder, Colorado. After earning his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Cornell University, he spent six years teaching high school and middle school history and getting a master's in teaching at Tufts University in Boston before heading to the University of Oxford for his doctoral degree in history. Dr. Kwoba is currently an associate professor of history and the director of African and African American Studies at the University of Memphis. Over the past two decades, Dr. Kwoba has been an activist on issues including anti-imperialism, immigrant workers rights, climate justice, Falastin, decolonizing education, pan-Africanism, and the movement for Black lives. In his spare time, he is a big-time music lover (especially live jazz), an Afrobeats DJ, and a frequent traveler to Kenya where he visits his dad's side of the family.