Monday, February 22 @ 1pm

Catch AADHum scholars Dr. La Marr Jurelle Bruce (UMD) and Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson (Johns Hopkins), working with us to think about the place of Black digital studies and #BlackDH in our personal and institutional conceptualizations of Black Studies. This conversation will be moderated by Dr. Marcia Chatelain (Georgetown).

Learn more about both of our presenters here.

Tuesday, February 23 @ 12:30pm

Join AADHum scholar Brienne Adams (UMD) in conversation with Elizabeth Alexander (Cornell), Rianna Walcott (Kings College), and Christin Washington (UMD). They will focus on the challenges and opportunities of engaging #BlackDH and other kinds of experimental scholarship projects as part of doctoral study, in a conversation moderated by former AADHum scholar Dr. Kimberly Bain (Tufts).

Immediately following, we will also be joined by scholars from across the faculty spectrum, who will reflect on strategies for integrating digital approaches across their different institutional lifeworlds. This roundtable discussion will feature AADHum scholars Dr. Merle Collins (UMD) and Dr. Amaka Okechukwu (George Mason), and also Associate Dean of Arts and Humanities and Co-PI for Enslaved.org, Dr. Daryle Williams (UMD). This conversation will be moderated by Dr. Schuyler Esprit.

Learn more about our presenters here.

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Missed our first symposia? You can revisit our first round of events — a week of #BlackDH conversations with the AADHum scholars. Visit bit.ly/basx2020 to learn more about their work, watch project videos, or catch recordings of their very excellent zoom conversations with noted scholars in their fields!

You can also follow the conversation on social media at #BasX