/ James Baldwin Centennial Symposium

James Baldwin Centennial Symposium

From November 22, 2024 to November 24, 2024

Friday, Nov. 22

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Panel:

Baldwin and the ‘Brutal Necessity’ of Art Evanston Campus: Wirtz 201

 

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Screening:

If Beale Street Could Talk Evanston Campus: Annie May Swift Hall Auditorium

 

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Keynote: Imani Perry

Baldwin’s Blues: Sound, Sense, and Color Evanston Campus: Wirtz 201

 

Saturday, Nov. 23

10:00 AM – 11:30 PM Panel:

Sound, Voice, and Baldwin’s Theory of Resonance Evanston Campus: Wirtz 201

 

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Keynote: Magdalena Zaborowska

James Baldwin: The Life Album and the Conundrum of Black Queer Humanism

Evanston Campus: Wirtz 201

 

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Performance:

Les Deux Noirs by Psalmayene 24, The Amen Corner with Northwestern MFA Acting Students Chicago Campus: Abbott Hall 203,

 

Sunday, November 24

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Panel

Baldwin and the Sense of Ethics in an Age of Ambiguity Evanston Campus: Wirtz 201

 

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Keynote: Robert Reid-Pharr

Praise House: James Baldwin in Pentecostalism’s Liquid Heat Evanston Campus: Wirtz 201

 

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Performance:

Gospel and blues selections by the Northwestern Community Ensemble and Alice Millar Choir Evanston Campus: Alice Millar Chapel