Global Visions of Freedom: A Symposium on Black Women and Internationalism will bring together early-career and established scholars, graduate students, and independent scholars working on Black women’s internationalism from the 19th century to the present day. Presentations will reflect the geographical breadth of the African Diaspora including Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Presenters and attendees will evaluate the state of the field and envision its future–theoretically, thematically, and methodologically.

The symposium will feature keynote addresses by Carole Boyce Davies and Erik S. McDuffie, a poetry reading by DaMaris Hill, a session on archives and research methods led by Mary Murphy (Pembroke Center), Christopher West (John Hay Library), and Kenvi Phillips (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture) and a range of sessions featuring new and groundbreaking scholarship. Featured speakers include Kaiama Glover, Tiffany N. Florvil, Joan Flores-Villlalobos, Robyn Spencer-Antoine, Leslie M. Alexander, Bianca C. Williams, Marius Kothor, Tiana U. Wilson and Melissa N. Shaw.

Convened by Keisha N. Blain and Shaun Armstead, the symposium will be led by graduate students Ashley Everson, Kiana Knight, Katharina Weygold, and Mickell Carter.

Presented by the Department of Africana Studies / Rites and Reason Theatre with support from the C.V. Starr Foundation Lectureships Fund, the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity, the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, the Racial Justice Research Center at the University Library, Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, the Department of History, and the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.