Sessions

1968: The Role of Students and the Beinning of Black Studies at UK and Expanding the Study of Race in Higher Education and the Community

William Turner
Jim Embry
Elaine Adams Wilson
Theodore Berry
Guy Mendes
Gerald Smith, University of Kentucky

Woodward Hall, Gatton College of Business and Economics

6:00 PM

Welcome Remarks

Anastasia Curwood, University of Kentucky

Woodward Hall, Gatton College of Business and Economics

9:00 AM

Gender and Sexuality in the Shaping of Black Studies

Anastasia Curwood, University of Kentucky
Nazera Sadiq Wright, University of Kentucky
Frances Henderson, University of Kentucky
Melissa N. Stein, University of Kentucky
Vanessa Holden, University of Kentucky

Woodward Hall, Gatton College of Business and Economics

9:15 AM

Creativity and the Imagined Future of Black Studies

Anastasia Curwood, University of Kentucky
Shauna M. Morgan, University of Kentucky
Crystal Wilkinson, University of Kentucky
Frank X. Walker, University of Kentucky

Woodward Hall, Gatton College of Business and Economics

10:30 AM

Africa and the Diaspora in the Future of Black Studies

Lisa Cliggett, University of Kentucky
Monica Visonà, University of Kentucky
Bertin Louis, University of Kentucky
Steven Davis, University of Kentucky
Elizabeth W. Williams, University of Kentucky

Woodward Hall, Gatton College of Business and Economics

1:15 PM

New Voices in African American and Africana Studies

Melynda J. Price, University of Kentucky
Joseph M. H. Clark, University of Kentucky
Kamahra Ewing, University of Kentucky
Nikki Brown, University of Kentucky
Derrick White, University of Kentucky

Woodward Hall, Gatton College of Business and Economics

2:40 PM

A Black Studies Life

Nathan D. B. Connolly, Johns Hopkins University

Woodward Hall, Gatton College of Business and Economics

4:00 PM