Presented By: Department of English Language and Literature
African American Literature and Culture Now: Symposium
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.
Held 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.
In 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).
Held 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.
In 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).
Co-Sponsored By
- Residential College
- History of Art
- Comparative Literature
- Institute for the Humanities
- Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
- William L. Clements Library
- Women's and Gender Studies Department
- Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
- Department of American Culture
- Department of Anthropology
- Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA
- Department of Sociology
- UMHS - Department of Communication
- Department of Political Science
- Germanic Languages & Literatures
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