Join us on Thursday, June 1st, 2023, for the Black Studies/ Science Studies: A Science of the Word Conference by registering here. Zoom registration and webinar link is also available here for those who cannot attend in person.
Keynote Address @ 5:30pm, Dr. Calvin Warren, Emory University
12:00PM – 12:20PM: Introductory Remarks
12:30PM – 1:30PM: Panel 1 – Towards a Revolutionary STEM
Imani Howard, Doctoral Student, Philosophy, UCSD, J’anna Lue, Doctoral Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCB, Mehra Gharibian, Professor, Ethnic Studies, Merced College
1:30PM – 2:30PM: Panel 2 – Dark Matter and the Field of Sense
Morgan Slade, Doctoral Candidate, Comparative Literature, UCI Victor Peterson II. Research Fellow, Institute for the Stud of Global, Racial Justice, Rutgers University, John Murillo, Professor, African American Studies, UCI
2:30PM – 3:00PM: Lunch
3:00PM – 4:00PM: Panel 3 – Wynterian Humanisms
Isaiah Rivera, Doctoral Student, African & African Diaspora Studies,UTAustin, Morinade Stevenson, Doctoral Student, Philosophy, Emory University, Randy Felder, Doctoral Student, History, UCI
4:00PM – 5:00PM: Panel 4 – Blackness Against the Human
Vincent Perez. Doctoral Candidate. Theater. Dance & Performance, Studies. UCB, Ignacio Evans, Doctoral Candidate, Communications, UCSD, Michael Cordova, Researcher, African & African Diaspora Studies, UTAustin
7PM: Reception
Co-sponsored event by: UCI Center of Medical Humanities, UCI Comparative Literature, and UCI Critical Theory
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