2021 Symposium Schedule

Wednesday, May 26

Welcome Social
6pm – 7pm EDT

Workshop: “From Proposal to Bookshelf (or the Cloud)”
By Beth Bouloukous, Director of Amherst College Press
7pm – 9pm EDT


Thursday, May 27

One-on-One Publisher Sessions
10:00am – 4:30pm EDT

Welcome
6:00pm – 6:15pm EDT

Keynote Address by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, followed by Q&A
6:15pm – 7:30 EDT

Social AND Info-session on FoCWG Mentorship
7:30pm – 8:00pm EDT

Networking Session & Small Group Conversations
8pm – 9pm EDT


Friday, May 28

Workshop: “Know Your Value/s: Strategies for Our Academic Success, Survival, and for Sustaining Ourselves”
By Gabrielle Foreman, Penn State University
9:00am – 11:00am EDT

Workshop: “Queer Reconstellations: Building Worlds of Pleasure in and Beyond the University”
By Eng-Beng Lim, Dartmouth College
9:45am – 11:00am EDT

Social
11:15am – 12pm EDT

Presentation: “Re-Mixing DH for Research, Teaching, and Social Justice”
By Nicole Aljoe, Northeastern University
12:00pm – 1:15pm EDT

Presentation: “The BIPOC Journey on the Tenure Track: Some Practical Advice”
By E. Patrick Johnson, Dean of the School of Communication, Northwestern University
1:30pm – 2:45pm EDT

Presentation: “Surviving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism Initiatives When, as Audre Lorde reminds, ‘We were never meant to survive.’”
By Noliwe Rooks, Cornell University
3:00pm – 4:15pm EDT

Presentation: “Imagine Otherwise, Workshop for Our Collective Thriving (plus cocktail hour)”
By Kyla Wazana Tompkins, Pomona College
4:30pm – 6:00pm EDT


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