Black Currents Symposium:
20th Anniversary of the Ph.D. in African Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley
December 7, 2017 – Banatao Auditorium
4:00-4:15 – Welcome by Dr. Brandi Wilkins Catanese and Dean Carla Hesse
4:30-5:45 – Opening Keynote Panel
Dr. Percy Hintzen
Dr. Margaret Wilkerson
Dr. Charles Henry
Moderator: Dr. Ula Taylor
5:45-7:00 – Reception
December 8, 2017 – Barrows Hall*
8:15-8:45 – Breakfast (650 Barrows Hall)
9:00 – 9:15– Symposium Introduction: Dr. Stephen Small (Social Science Matrix)
9:15-10:30 – Alumni Roundtable: Life Before and After the Ph.D (Social Science Matrix)
Dr. Kelley Deetz
Dr. Robeson Taj Frazier
Dr. Justin Gomer
Dr. Asia Leeds
Dr. Carter Mathes
Moderator: Lindsey Herbert
10:45-12:15 – Concurrent Panels – Session #1
Blackness and Urban InequalityLocation: 650 Barrows – Conference Room Dr. Justin Gomer – “Keep Away From Me, Mr. Welfare Man’: Claudine and The Emergence of Colorblindness” Dr. Shaun Ossei-Owusu – TBD Dr. Erin Winkler – “Racial Inequity, Watered-Down Diversity, and African American Children and Youth in the City: Why Making Our Research Count for the Community (Even When It Doesn’t Count for Tenure) Matters” Discussant: Kenly Brown |
Reconstructing the ArchiveLocation: Social Science Matrix Dr. Kelley Deetz – A Recipe, A Letter, A Skull, and A Collar: Seeing the Unseen in the Archives Dr. Marisa Fuentes – “Enslaved Women and the Ethical Practice of History” Dr. Asia Leeds – “Between Nation and Diaspora: Black Women’s Activism and the Archive in Central America” Discussant: Kathryn Benjamin
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12:15-1:15 – Lunch
1:15-2:45 – Concurrent Panels – Session #2
Queering Blackness, Gendering BlacknessLocation: 650 Barrows – Conference Room Dr. Marlon Bailey – TBD Dr. Jasmine Johnson – “Choreographing Return: Gender and Sex in West African Dance Tourism” Dr. Matt Richardson – TBD Discussant: Kia Middleton |
Rethinking Culture, Rethinking CirculationLocation: Social Science Matrix Dr. Carter Mathes – “The Acoustics of Unfreedom” Dr. Petra Rivera-Rideau – “Blackness, Transnationalism, and Afrolatinidad in the Reggaetón Era” Dr. Robeson Taj Robeson – TBD Dr. Elisa Joy White – “Objectionable Proximities: Considering the African Diaspora and Blackness in Europe” Discussant: Zachary Manditch-Prottas |
2:45-4:15 – Closing Keynote Panel: Future Directions in African Diaspora Studies
Location: Social Science Matrix Conference Room
Dr. Marlon Bailey
Dr. Marisa Fuentes
Dr. Jasmine Johnson
Dr. Leigh Raiford
Dr. Ula Taylor
Moderator: Dr. Tianna S. Paschel
4:15-4:30 – Concluding Remarks
* Barrows Hall is located on the southern edge of the UC Berkeley campus. The panels on December 8th will take place at the Alberto Johnson Conference Room (650 Barrows) and at Social Science Matrix, located on the 8th Floor of Barrows Hall. The elevator to the SS Matrix is located on the east end of the building. You can alternately take an elevator to the seventh floor and come up the stairs.