Join the Humanities Division at Essex County College on Tuesday, January 29th for our Spring 2013 Conference, “Emancipation: The Meaning of Freedom.” We will explore the meaning of liberation and freedom in a variety of contexts at this stimulating presentation of current scholarship delivered by faculty members from the English, History, and Communications Departments.
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9:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Prof. Rebecca Williams, Conference Chairperson (M.C.)
Dr. Edythe M. Adbullah, President
Prof. David Berry, Executive Director, Community College Humanities Association
9:15 Keynote Address - Emancipation
Prof. Rebecca Williams, Conference Chairperson (M.C.)
Dr. Edythe M. Adbullah, President
Prof. David Berry, Executive Director, Community College Humanities Association
9:15 Keynote Address - Emancipation
S. Aisha Steplight
Johnson, Ph.D., Dean, Liberal Arts and Sciences
10:00 Session I - Strategies of Defiance Chair: Prof. Sean
O’Connell
“How Transcendentalist Thought Transformed the Black Freedom
Struggle from the
Emancipation Era to the Present Day” Prof. China Clark, Adjunct
Faculty (English)
“Civil Disobedience: The New York City Draft Riots, July 13-16,
1863”
Prof. Sean O’Connell (English)
“All Men are Brothers: Iterations of Freedom and Masculinity in the Fiction of
Louisa May Alcott and Frederick Douglass” Prof. Rebecca Williams (English)
“All Men are Brothers: Iterations of Freedom and Masculinity in the Fiction of
Louisa May Alcott and Frederick Douglass” Prof. Rebecca Williams (English)
11:30 Session II - Envisioning Freedom Chair: Dr. Eileen
DeFreece
“Islam and the Search for
Freedom and Liberty in America”
Prof. Mikal Naeem Nash
(History)
“The Continuum of
Emancipation” Prof. Kelvin D. Clark, Adjunct Faculty (History)
“Emancipation:
Illusionary or Evolutionary? A Discussion of Ralph Ellison’s
Juneteenth” Dr. Eileen DeFreece
(English)
1:00 Session III - Global Liberation Chair: Chante Osborne
“From the Caribbean to New York City: The Scottsboro Nine and
Civil Rights
in Retrospect” Dr. Margaret Stevens (History), Director, Urban Issues Institute
in Retrospect” Dr. Margaret Stevens (History), Director, Urban Issues Institute
“Reconstructing History: Representations of Slavery and Freedom
in the
Work of Oscar Micheaux” Prof. Jennifer Wager (Communications)
Work of Oscar Micheaux” Prof. Jennifer Wager (Communications)
“Legacies of
Emancipation: Sonic Mapping in Mendi+Keith Obadike’s
‘Big House/Disclosure’”
Prof. Shelagh Patterson, Adjunct Faculty (English)
LUNCH 2:30 – 3:40
3:50 Session IV - Academic Roundtable: Emancipation as a Keyword
Chair: Prof. Rebecca
Williams
Speakers: Sean O’Connell,
Jennifer Wager, Margaret Stevens
5:15 Session V - Liberation Aesthetics Chair: Yelena
Lyudmilova
“Interiorities: A Poetry Reading”
Professors Kevin Hayes, Billy Tooma, Rebecca Williams
6:45 Session VI - Film Screening Followed by Q
& A
Slavery by Another Name,
introduced Raymond Spencer, followed by Q & A
Thanks to everyone who participated in our conference today--all the presentations were awesome--what shall we reflect upon for our next conference?
ReplyDeleteProf. Williams
It was realy great to hear so many different presentations from the faculty of ECC. Each speaker brought something new and exciting to the day. It was also encouraging to see such a strong student turnout throughout the day.
ReplyDeleteWhatver the next conference will cover, I am in.
Prof. O'Connell
Hello Professor Williams,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Session IV on Emancipation - my only regret is that I was not able to attend the entire program.
As a student of African American history and a hobby genealogist, I learned of my ancestor's contribution to history by exercising their right to vote after slavery was abolished in the late 1800s in South Carolina. Listening to Sean O’Connell, Jennifer Wager and Margaret Stevens during the Academic Roundtable helped to not only renew my appreciation for my ancestor's contributions, but to be able to answer your question, "Do You Feel Free."
I look forward to more events like this!
Lettie Attaud, President
>Africana Studies Program Student Association (ASP-SA)
>Humanities Division (Red Area - Room 1113)
Thanks, Lettie! We are glad that we were able to present this exciting program--we have more events coming up in the fall, so stay tuned!
ReplyDeleteBest,
Prof. Williams