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SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:African American Literature and Culture Now: Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The African American Literature and Culture Now symposium brings together a group of leading scholars in African American humanistic fields to identify and discuss the central questions that animate 21st-century Black Studies.\n\nHeld over two days\, the symposium features a keynote lecture\, \"The End of Black Studies\,\" from Stephen Best (Berkeley)\, three panels comprised of guest speakers and Michigan respondents\, a writing workshop for graduate students and postdocs\, and a concluding roundtable focused on teaching. Over the course of the symposium\, conversations will range across a number of vital topics including: nation/diaspora\; political activism\; historicity\; gender/sexuality\; and cross-media cultural production.\n\nIn addition to keynote speaker Stephen Best\, the symposium's guest speakers are Margo Crawford (UPenn)\, Madhu Dubey (UIC)\, Erica Edwards (Rutgers)\, Emily Lordi (Vanderbilt)\, Kevin Quashie (Brown)\, and Courtney Thorsson (Oregon).
UID:60739-14961639@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/60739
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:African American,american culture,Film,Literature,Women's Studies
LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222
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