Che Gossett
Jenna Loyd
Jennifer González
Kimberly Juanita Brown
April 11 & 12
Pyle Center at 702 Langdon St, Madison
8:30 AM – 6:30 PM
In Person Registration On Site
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DAY 1: Friday, 11 April
8:00 Coffee Break
8:30 Welcome
Laurie Beth Clark and Jill Casid
9:00 Workshop 1: Seeding Sanctuary (In Person Only)
Jenna Loyd
Annie Menzel
Rachel Kuo
9:00 Performance Studies international Constellate Session (Zoom Only)
A conversation about Performance Studies and Abolition
Moderator: Michael Peterson
Interlocutors:
Anna Kimmel
Dominika Laster
James McMaster
Jazmin Llana
Jisha Menon
SAJ
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Keynote 1: Spectacle Border Abolition
Jenna Loyd
Respondent: Keith Woodward
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Keynote 2: Null and Void: Racial Capitalism and Black Art in the Historical Present
Che Gossett
Respondent: Kristina Huang
*Please note that this lecture will be presented on Zoom. Audience members will have the option to watch in the lecture hall or on personal devices.
3:00 Coffee Break
3:30 Workshop 2: Transtemporal Joywork: Echoing into the Future (In Person Only)
Jen Rae
Syrus Marcus Ware
Dawn Weleski
3:30 Performance Studies international Constellate Session (Zoom Only)
A conversation about Performance Studies and Abolition
Moderator: Michael Peterson
Interlocutors:
Anna Kimmel
Ben Spatz
Dominika Laster
James McMaster
Jazmin Llana
5:00 Film: Lessons of the Hour by Isaac Julien
This content is related to Keynote 3: Jennifer González.
DAY 2: Saturday 12 April
8:00 Coffee Break
8:30 Workshop 3: AH802 “Topics in Visual Cultures”
Moderator: Laurie Beth Clark
Presenters:
Jason Q Han
Kean O’Brien
Addison McDaniel
Q&A
Elijah Nicks
Abubakar Muhammad
Ian Danner
Q&A
Anju Kinoshita
Hyorim Joe
Shruthi Menon
Q&A
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Keynote 3: Lessons of The Hour: Isaac Julien’s Time Travel*
Jennifer González
Respondent: Guillermina De Ferrari
*The film Lessons of The Hour by Isaac Julien will be screened on April 11, 5 PM at Pyle Center Room 121.
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Keynote 4: Grief in the Dark
Kimberly Juanita Brown
Respondent: Matthew Brown
*Please note that this lecture will be presented on Zoom. Audience members will have the option to watch in the lecture hall or on personal devices.
3:30 Coffee Break
4:00 Conference Wrap Up: Roundtable on Abolition Now
Moderator: Jill Casid
Panelists:
Dawn Weleski
Jenna Loyd
Jennifer González
Laurie Beth Clark
Michael Peterson
5:30 Reception