Department of English
Imagining the Raced Space of Freedom: A Symposium in Honor of Thadious M. Davis
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Imagining the Raced Space of Freedom: A Symposium in Honor of Thadious M. Davis
Thursday, March 15, 2018 (Evening) to Friday, March 16, 2018 (All day)
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, sixth floor - 3420 Walnut Street
Perry World House, World Forum - 3803 Locust Walk
University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
Imagining the Race Spaced of Freedom:
A Symposium in Honor of Thadious M. Davis
March 15-16, 2018
Please join us for a symposium in celebration of the career of Thadious M. Davis, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of English. We will gather to honor Thadious’s extensive contributions to scholarship, her lifelong commitment to mentoring, and her immense influence on our intellectual lives. Showcasing scholars and colleagues that have been in conversation with and inspired by Thadious’s work, the symposium features a keynote lecture by Edwidge Danticat, recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant and author of the best-selling books Claire of the Sea Light and Brother, I’m Dying.
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
(Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, 6th Floor, 3420 Walnut Street)
6:00pm to 7:30pm: Opening Reception
Welcome Remarks by Margo Crawford and Salamishah Tillet
Featured speakers: Anita Allen, Jed Esty, Joann Mitchell and Barbara Savage
Friday, March 16, 2018: 9:30am to 7:30pm
(Perry World House, World Forum, 3803 Locust Walk)
9:30am to 9:45am: Coffee/Tea
10:00am to 10:15am:
Welcome Address by Herman Beavers & Salamishah Tillet
10:15am to 11:30am: Imagining Racial Freedom in Performance, Poetry, and Place
Farah Jasmine Griffin, Leslie Sanders, Tracy Sharpley-Whiting
Moderated by Dagmawi Woubshet
11:45am to 1:00pm: Raced Space and Southscapes
Susan Donaldson, Joyce A. Joyce, and John Lowe
Moderated by Herman Beavers
1:00pm to 2:15pm: Lunch
2:30pm to 3:45pm: Racial Aesthetics, Imagination, and Their Afterlives
GerShun Avilez, Julius Fleming, Mecca Sullivan
Moderated by Margo Crawford
4:00pm to 5:15pm: Racial Freedom, Friendship, and Feminism
Deborah McDowell, Cheryl Wall, Nell Painter
Moderated by Barbara Savage
5:30pm to 6:15pm: Keynote by Edwidge Danticat
6:15 to 7:15pm: Closing Performance, Book Signing, and Closing Reception
Closing Remarks Anthea Butler
Closing Performance Melanie R. Hill
For more details, contact thaddavisconference@gmail.com
Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Africana Studies, English Department, Office of the President, the Provost's Interdisciplinary Arts Fund, and the Wolf Humanities Center.