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Monday, March 1

Opening Conversations

6:00-6:45 p.m.  

 “A Conversation on Freedom at the Crossroads”  

(Performance) Students from East and West Shore High Schools. Jointly sponsored by the Center for Public Humanities and Sankofa African American Theatre Co.   

7:00-8:30  

Dr. Drew Hart, Theology professor, church anti-racism leader, social  change practitioner, and author of Who Will be a Witness: Igniting Activism for God's Justice, Love, and Deliverance

Jarrod McKenna, Australian pastor and justice activist, nonviolent social change trainer, co-founder of First Home Project and #LoveMakesAWay movement, and co-host “Inverse Podcast”    

Join us for a celebration and conversation about Dr. Drew Hart's latest publication, Who Will be a Witness: Igniting Activism for God's Justice, Love, and Deliverance.  Dr. Drew Hart will be joined by his  “Inverse Podcast” co-host, Jarrod McKenna.

Tuesday, March 2

3:30-4:30 p.m.   

Faculty-Student Panel

“The Road to Freedom is Fraught with Struggle” 

Dr. Robin Lauermann, politics

Jill Cuervo (peace and conflict studies), Amani Monroe (politics), Daniel Smutek (English)

Students from Dr. Lauermann's "Gender and Politics " class will draw on the film Iron Jawed Angels as they discuss three distinct elements of the women's suffrage movement: the threat perceived by some members of society in granting the right to vote to women, the impact of the suffrage movement advancing white women's rights rather than those of all, and the relevance of political protests from the movement to the contemporary Black Lives Matter movement.

4:40-5:10    

Faculty Lectures

“Kant's Notion of Freedom”

Dr. Timothy Schoettle, philosophy

This lecture will focus on Kant's notion of autonomy, i.e. freedom. 

5:20-5:50 p.m. 

"What Does it Mean to be Free? - Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, and John Milton in Conversation" 

Dr. Samuel Smith, English 

This lecture will identify the evolving meaning of the word/concept of "freedom" in the English language from Chaucer to Milton 

7:00 -8:30 p.m.      

Guest Panel

“Finding Liberation in Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country: An Interdisciplinary Conversation” 

Rev. Shayna Watson, Associate Rector, St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster, PA, creator and founder of  TheoCon

Rev. Canon Betsy Ivey, Canon for Support and Growth, Diocese of PA

Christina Thomas, (history alum ’14) ABD History,  Johns Hopkins University.  Lead Editor, Taller Electric Marronage

Alexis Jackson, (English alum ’13) MFA Columbia, author of My Sister's Country (Kore Press, forthcoming)

3:30-4:30 p.m. 

Faculty-Student Panels

 "A Conversation on Literacy as Freedom"

4:40-5:40 p.m. 

"A Conversation on the Perils and Possibilities of Writing for Social Change in a Polarized World"

Dr. Jean Corey, faculty sponsor, English

7:00 – 8:15 p.m.  

Faculty/Alumni Panel

 “A Conversation on Education as Freedom Work”

Thursday, March 4

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

 Coffee and Conversation 

Coffee and Conversation on Digital/Public Humanities and Community Engagement with Dr. Jacqueline Jones Royster

Take a coffee break and log on for conversation with Dr. Royster about lessons learned though her vision and leadership establishing Georgia Tech’s Digital Integrative Liberal Arts Center, and more recently,  Communities Who Know, Inc., a non-profit focused on generating collaborative solutions for sustainable communities, as well as her  decades of community engagement.

4:30-5:30 p.m. 

Faculty/Student Panel

“Freedom of Expression: Media, Censorship, and Human Rights in Malaysia”

7:00-8:30 p.m.

Keynote Address

“Troubling the Narratives of a Democratic Nation:  Whose Stories Are These?"

Dr. Jacqueline Jones Royster, Professor Emerita at Georgia Institute of Technology and at The Ohio State University, former Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and Ivan Allen Jr. Dean’s Chair in Liberal Arts and Technology (2010-2019).

This presentation focuses on African American women as rightful participants in the narratives of nation in the United States of America.  Suggesting a critical need for a paradigmatic shift in our analytical and interpretive frameworks for socio-political impact and consequence, attention is drawn to nineteenth century activist Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, an under sung American hero from Boston, Massachusetts.

* Approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for Act 48 Professional Development, Act 48 Credit

Friday,
March 5

3:00-4:15 p.m. 

Student Panels

A panel discussion of students' virtual presentations, which will be available on symposium website throughout the week. 

4:15-5:45 p.m.  

Student Panels

9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. 

Pedagogy Workshop

“#Digital Humanities: Teaching and Engaging with A Black Past in the Age.”
 Workshop led by Christina Thomas, (history alum ’14) ABD History,  Johns Hopkins University. Lead Editor, Taller Electric Marronage 
                                   
 This hands-on workshop will enrich participants’ digital toolkit as they explore Black history and literature in their classrooms. Participants will engage with the many rich digital collections available to students, as well as consider the many open access digital platforms students can utilize to recreate and showcase Black history.                                                                                                                    

*Approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for Act 48 Professional Development