Presented By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Conjuring the Caribbean: How Sweet It Is
Symposium # Performance # Installation
Join artists, scholars, and students in a five day exploration of Caribbean tourism, histories and gender identities. The symposiums calls for an interdisciplinary response to shifting imaginations about the power and potential of Caribbean studies viewed through the lens of a sugar-saturated past.
Keynote Speaker: Gaiutra Bahadur
Visiting Guest Artist/Scholars: Awilda Rodriguez Lora (independent artist), David Donkor (Texas A and M University), Nadine George (University of California, San Diego), Raquel Monroe (Columbia College, Chicago)
University of Michigan Scholars: Anita Gonzalez, Aliyah Khan, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, Mbala Nkanga, Alfreda Rooks, Jocelyn Stitt
Co-sponsored by Institute for the Humanities, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Latino Studies, Center for World Performance, American Culture, Complit and Latino/a Studies, the U-M School of Public Health, and Department of African and African American Studies.
Keynote Speaker: Gaiutra Bahadur
Visiting Guest Artist/Scholars: Awilda Rodriguez Lora (independent artist), David Donkor (Texas A and M University), Nadine George (University of California, San Diego), Raquel Monroe (Columbia College, Chicago)
University of Michigan Scholars: Anita Gonzalez, Aliyah Khan, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, Mbala Nkanga, Alfreda Rooks, Jocelyn Stitt
Co-sponsored by Institute for the Humanities, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Latino Studies, Center for World Performance, American Culture, Complit and Latino/a Studies, the U-M School of Public Health, and Department of African and African American Studies.
Cost
- Free - no tickets required
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