15th Annual Africana Studies Symposium “Performing ... · 9:30-10:45am Panel: Africana Music in...
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15th AnnualAfricana Studies Symposium
“Performing Africana Art and Culture:Repression, Resistance, and Renewal”
Wednesday, April 5th Robinson Hall, Room 118
6:45- 8:00pm Afro-Brazilian Master Class w/ Vera
Passos
Thursday, April 6th Robinson Hall, Room 118
9:00am Opening Remarks9:30-10:45am Panel: Africana Music in Urban Spaces11:00-12:15pm Workshop: Afro Haitian Dance & Dance and Social Justice in the Classroom12:30-2:00pm Lunch Break2:00-3:15pm Workshop: Afro Brazilian Dance3:30-4:45pm Workshop: Assessing Your Archetype through Orisha Dancing5:00-6:15pm Workshop: Performance, Revolution, and Vodou
Thursday, April 6th McKnight Hall, Cone Center
6:30pm Keynote Address by Dr. Umi Vaughan Associate Professor of Africana Studies, CSU Monterey Bay
*Reception Following Keynote*
Friday, April 7th Cone Center, Room 210
10:00-11:45am Panel: Slavery and Burial Practices12:00-2:00pm Roundtable Lunch: Teaching and Programming Across Disciplines and Colleges (*Pre-Registration Required*)2:00-3:15pm Panel: Performing Gender and Resistance3:30-4:30pm Short Film and Discussion: Celebrating the Water Goddesses
4:30pm Closing Remarks
After Party: “Cultural Dance Night” at the Mint Museum in Uptown Charlotte (7:00–11:30pm)
$5 students$12 regular admission
Afro-Cuban Dance Lesson at 7pm
For more information or to pre-register for the roundtable lunch contact: [email protected]. Organized by the Africana Studies Department in conjunction
with the Department of Dance and the Department of Art & Art HistoryCosponsors: Chancellor’s Diversity Fund, College of Arts and Architecture,
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
*Photo Credit: Lisa Homann