SILENCING THE PAST @ 25 /October 26-27, 2018/ University of Chicago

SILENCING THE PAST @ 25

October 26-27, 2018

University of Chicago

Regenstein Library, Room 122

The year 2020 will mark the 25th anniversary of the publication of Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s seminal text, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History. This conference will use the occasion of this anniversary to reflect both on the continued importance and afterlife of Silencing the Past (STP) and on its relationship to Trouillot’s larger oeuvre. Proceedings from the conference will be published as a volume in 2020.

For more information contact: stp25conference@gmail.com

Sponsors:  University of Chicago Department of Anthropology, The Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture, Center for International Social Science Research, Center for Latin American Studies, The Franke Institute for the Humanities, and The France Chicago Center

Schedule

Friday, October 26

Regenstein Library, Room 122

9:00am Opening Remarks: Trouillot’s Concepts & Categories
Conveners: Yarimar Bonilla, Mayanthi Fernando, Greg Beckett, Francois Richard

10:00am Keynote: “Trouillot and the Question of Method” A conversation between Saidiya Hartman & Vincent Brown

12:00pm Lunch

1:30pm Panel I: “The West”
Participants: Harvey Neptune, Jemima Pierre, Hazel Carby
Chair: Natacha Nsabimana

4:00pm Panel II: “Historicity”
Participants: Herman Bennett, Marisa Fuentes, Madison Smart Bell
Chair: Stephan Palmié

Saturday, October 27

Regenstein Library, Room 122

10:00am Panel III: “Culture and Power”
Participants: Deborah Thomas, Christina Sharpe, Marlene Daut
Chair: Ryan Jobson

12:00pm: Lunch

1:30pm Panel IV: “Universalism”
Participants: Nadia Abu El-Haj, Gil Anidjar, Walter Mignolo
Chair: Hussein Agrama

4:00pm: Closing Keynte: “Trouillot and the Question of Knowledge” A conversation between Colin Dayan & Rinaldo Walcott

6:00p: Reception

Click here for more information: https://silencingthepast25.com/