SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Thursday, February 27, 2020
12 p.m. | Conservatory Library
Plaque Unveiling Ceremony and Reception: Additional registration required under "Add Ons" | NOTE: Event is capped at 50 attendees
4:30 p.m. | Irene and Alan Wurtzel Theater
Opening Lecture
Welcome Remarks
- President Carmen Twillie Ambar
Greeting
- Dean of the Conservatory William Quillen
Keynote Lecture
- Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin
Student Performance
Closing Performance
- Dr. Courtney Savali Andrews
Friday, February 28, 2020
8:30 a.m. | StudiOC & The Hotel at Oberlin
Registration & Breakfast
9 a.m.
Symposium Welcome
9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
◊ Session I
Reclaiming the Intellectual Artistry of Shirley Graham Du Bois
10:45 a.m.-12 p.m.
◊ Session II
New Directions in the History of African American Women's Intellectual Activism
12-1:30 p.m. | Tappan Room at the Hotel at Oberlin
Lunch Lecture: Additional registration required under "Add Ons" | NOTE: Event is capped at 50 attendees
3:15-3:30 p.m.
Break
1:45-3:15 p.m.
◊ Session III
The Student as Artist and Intellectual: Gleaning from Shirley Graham Du Bois's Experience at Oberlin
1:30-1:45 p.m.
Break
4:30-6 p.m. | Irene and Alan Wurtzel Theater
Closing Lecture and Performance
Sponsored by: The Gertrude B. Lemle Teaching Center, StudiOC, a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dean of The College, Dean of the Conservatory, History Department, Oberlin College Libraries, Africana Studies Department, and the Theater Department.
