Friday, March 08, 2013

8:30a.m.: Symposium venue opens - Continental Breakfast

9:00a.m. - 9:30a.m.: Welcome

Craig Werner, University of Wisconsin-Madison

9:30a.m. - 11:30a.m.

Josef Sorett, Columbia University
"African American Religion and the Aesthetics of Emancipation"

Missy Dehn Kubitschek, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
"'Lift Every Voice and Sing': Toni Morrison, August Wilson, and the Quest for Inclusive Emancipation"

Ed Pavlić, University of Georgia
"Confrontation and Celebration: James Baldwin and Ray Charles in 'The Hallelujah Chorus'"

Noon - 1:15p.m.: Lunch

1:30p.m. - 3:30p.m.

Matt Harper, University of Central Arkansas
"Expecting Freedom: Emancipation and Insurrection in Slaves' Millenarian Thought"

Paul Harvey, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
"Religion and Culture in the Age of Emancipation"

Barbara Savage, University of Pennsylvania
"The Emancipation of Black Religion"

3:30p.m. - 3:45p.m.: Refreshments

3:45p.m. - 4:30p.m.: Final Reflections

Eddie Glaude, Jr., Princeton University

Craig Werner, University of Wisconsin-Madison