THEME
The Essential James Baldwin: The 21st Century and Beyond, At Home & Abroad
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The Office of Academic Affairs, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, and Honors Program at Virginia State University – a storied HBCU – are seeking proposals for The Inaugural James Arthur Baldwin Symposium No later than 1 September 2021, abstracts of no more than 250 words and condensed CVs (1-2 pages) should be emailed to: Dr. Pamela D. Reed, Associate Professor Department of Languages & Literature Those selected for inclusion will be notified and given specific guidelines for full-paper submission, no later than 15 September 2021. Multidisciplinary perspectives are sought. Student entries are encouraged. REGISTRATION INFORMATION IS FORTHCOMING.
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THE DESIRED FORMAT IS HYBRID: A MIX OF FACE-TO-FACE AND VIRTUAL.
PROVISIONALLY, IF COVID-19 CONDITIONS WORSEN, ALL ACTIVITIES WILL BE VIRTUAL.
confirmed presenters
Dr. Molefi Kete Asante
Temple University
Conceptualizer
Theory of Afrocentricity
Dr. Daryl Cumber Dance
U of Richmond & VCU
Folklorist
Professor of English Emerita
Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems
U of Missouri-Columbia
Preeminent Emmett Till Scholar &
Progenitor
Theory of Africana Womanism
Dr. Maulana Karenga
Cal State Long Beach
Kwanzaa Creator &
Kawaida Theorist
Mrs. Val Gray Ward
Baldwin Contemporary
BAM Dramatist &
Founder
Kuumba Theatre, Chicago
Dr. Joanne Gabbin
James Madison University Founding Executive Director Furious Flower Poetry Center
Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti
Chicago State University
Professor Emeritus
BAM Poet (Don L. Lee) &
Founder
Third World Press
POINT PERSON
Dr. Pamela D. Reed
Associate Professor
Languages & Literature
TOPICS
The Richard Wright Influence :: Baldwin’s Realism
Teaching Activist Baldwin :: Forefather of the Black Lives Matter Movement
Baldwin :: Son of Harlem & Citizen of the World
The Genre-Defying Poetry, Plays, & Prose of James Baldwin
From Disillusioned Boy Preacher to Race Man :: Baldwin & Christianity
James Arthur Baldwin :: Same-Gender-Loving Black Man
MEDIA
Papers
Panel Proposals
Posters
Short Films/Documentaries
Poetry
Music Videos
Digital Art
Dr. Pamela D. Reed, Associate Professor
Africana Literature
Virginia State University