About the Symposium
The Brown University Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, in partnership with the Department of Africana Studies, is proud to announce this historic symposium honoring the lives of Lani Guinier and bell hooks. Both Guinier and hooks were intellectual giants in their respective fields, shifting paradigms for generations to follow. They provided ways to think of Black women: in power, in mentorship, and in community with one another. This symposium will provide attendees an opportunity to learn about these remarkable women, their bodies of work and their contributions to society, from scholars who directly worked with, taught alongside and learned from them. By continuing to learn about their contributions to the canon and to society in general, we can keep their legacies alive for generations to come.This symposium will be offered both in person and virtually.
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Schedule
Friday, February 17
Day one: Lani Guinier
12 Noon - 1:30 pm
Welcome | Martinos Auditorium
Christina H. Paxson, President, Brown University
Session I: A Conversation with ...
Ruth J. Simmons (virtual), President, Prairie View A&M University
Crystal Williams, President, Rhode Island School of Design
Moderator:
Prudence L. Carter, Sarah and Joseph Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology, Brown University
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Coffee break
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Session II: In Conversation with ...
Danielle Holley, Dean of Howard University School of Law
Tricia Rose, Chancellor's Professor of Africana Studies, Associate Dean of the Faculty for Special Initiatives, Director of the Ctr for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Session III: Black Women in Law
Gerald Torres, Professor of Environmental Justice and Professor of Law, Yale University
Moderator:
Evelynn M. Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science, Professor of African and African American Studies,
Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, T.Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Saturday, February 18
Day Two: bell hooks
10 am - 11:30pm
Session I: In Conversation with...
M. Shadee Malaklou (virtual), Inaugural Director and Founder, bell hooks center, and Chair and Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Berea College
Moderator:
Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Director, Women’s Research and Resource Center, and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies, Spelman College
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch
1 pm - 2:30 pm
Session II: Writers and Intellectuals on bell hooks
Riché Richardson, Professor of African American Literature, Cornell University
Rebecca Walker (virtual) , Writer, Feminist and Activist
DaMaris B. Hill, Professor of Creative Writing, English and African American Studies, University of Kentucky
Moderator:
Noliwe Rooks, Chair and Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Session III: Wild Women in the World
Noliwe Rooks, Chair and Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University
Evelynn M. Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Director, Women’s Research and Resource Center, and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies, Spelman College
Moderator:
Sylvia Carey-Butler, Vice President for Institutional Equity and Diversity, Brown University