In honor of the 30th National Poetry Month, join us for a half-day symposium exploring erasure as an artistic practice, archival condition, and lived political reality.

Bringing together poets, artists, librarians, scholars, and community members, the symposium examines how power shapes what is preserved, obscured, revised, or forgotten across language, material culture, and public memory. The program will feature talks, readings, workshops, and curated materials that engage erasure broadly conceived across the humanities disciplines.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (check back for updates):

3:00-4:00pm: Erasure Poetry Workshop
Join a guided creative session led by poet and educator Caro New. No prior experience necessary, and supplies will be provided. Registration required (https://myumi.ch/y13ZW).


If you're interested in presenting, we invite you to submit an abstract (https://myumi.ch/y13kn). Submissions are welcome from all humanities disciplines, as well as interdisciplinary and creative practices that explore or employ erasure in any form.