Will this conference have a virtual option?

Yes, we are offering a virtual attendance option via Zoom. https://csrea.link/DuBoisZoom

Friday, September 19

US Democracy, Then and Now: Du Bois' Black Reconstruction at 90

By Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity

Scholarly conference: 90 years of Du Bois' Black Reconstruction. Educators & academics examine his Civil War analysis for today's classrooms

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Location

Pembroke Hall, Pembroke 305

172 Meeting Street Providence, RI 02912

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Agenda

9:20 AM - 10:35 AM

Session 01: Du Bois on Democracy: Then and Now

Robert Gooding-Williams

Ali Meghi

W.E.B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction in America is a foundational text in the social sciences. Panelists will explore Du Bois’s critical interpretation of the Reconstruction era and his critique of ...

10:40 AM - 11:55 AM

Session 02: Black Reconstruction: Education, History and the Public

Hajar Yazdiha

Freeden Blume Oeur

Whitney Battle-Baptiste

In this session, panelists will discuss how Black Reconstruction in America is a vital resource for rethinking education and public engagement. Du Bois’s work offers analyses and tools for teaching h...

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Keynote Session: The Counterrevolution of Property after Black Reconstruction

Andrew Douglas

This session explores W. E. B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction in America and its reflections on capitalism, empire, and the counterrevolution of property. We will consider how his later turn to popul...

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Session 03: Bringing DuBois to the Classroom

Middle and high school educators will engage in a panel discussion that explores how Du Bois’s work can be meaningfully integrated into contemporary classrooms, with attention to local contexts, cur...

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Session 04: Roundtable Discussions

Participants will engage in breakout roundtable discussions between teachers, scholars, and convening participants about curricular ideas and plans.

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Highlights

7 hours
In person

About this event

Business • Educators

Join Brown University's Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America for a commemorative scholarly conference marking the 90th Anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois’s seminal work, Black Reconstruction in America (1935). This interdisciplinary gathering brings together K-20 educators, scholars and researchers to reflect on Du Bois’ transformative analysis of the post-Civil War era and its enduring relevance for contemporary discussions on race, democracy, and labor. Through keynote lectures and panel discussions, the symposium will honor Du Bois’s intellectual legacy and engage critically with the historical and theoretical frameworks he developed.

This event is co-sponsored by The Democracy Project and Brown 2026

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Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity

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