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This symposium accompanies the exhibition Du Bois in Our Time, a landmark exhibition that focuses on the intersection of art and the major issues of our time, centered on the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois and the causes he championed. Presentations by, and discussions among, artists and scholars, including
Dr. Johnetta Cole
Prof. Shabazz Amilcar (Afro-American Studies, UMass)
Prof. Reiland Rabaka (Africana Studies, Women & Gender Studies, University of Colorado Boulder)
Prof. Susan Jahoda (Art, UMass)
Prof. Bill Strickland (Afro-American Studies, UMass)
Emeritus Prof. Ekueme Michael Thelwell (Afro-American Studies, UMass)
Nelson Stevens (Professor of Art Emeritus)
Prof. Manisha Sinha (Afro-American Studies, UMass)
Prof. Saidiya Hartman (English and Comparative Literature, and Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University) and artists
Prof. Tanya Fernando (English and Comparative Literature, UMass)
Prof. James Campbell (History, Stanford University)
Jefferson Pinder
Tim Rollins
Carrie Mae Weems
Mickalene Thomas
Radcliffe Bailey
Ann Messner
LaToya Ruby Frazier
Mary Evans
Julie Mehretu
Brendan Fernandes
