Chaucer’s Books in Santa Barbara will host a panel discussion on the topic The New Negro Now: New Perspectives on the Black Renaissance in 2024 at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25.

Jeffrey Stewart, a Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author and UCSB professor emeritus, will headline the panel of Black authors and UCSB educators exploring history and the current era.

Featured speakers are:

• Jeffrey Stewart, MacArthur Endowed Chair, Black Studies. He is author of “The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke,” winner of the 2018 National Book Award for nonfiction and the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for biography.
• Clifford Johnson, North Hall Chair, Physics, who is author of “The Dialogues: Conversations About the Nature of the Universe.”
• Hui-Ling Malone, assistant professor of education and author of “Dismantling Disproportionality in Practice: A Guide to Fostering Culturally Responsive Districts and Schools.”
• Matthew Richardson, associate professor of feminist studies, and author of “Black Canvas: A Campus Haunting,” and “Angels of Mercy, Light, and Fog.”
• France Winddance Twine, professor of sociology. Twine wrote “Geek Girls: Inequality” and “Opportunity in Silicon Valley,” Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2023.