15th AnnualAfricana Studies Symposium

“Performing Africana Art and Culture:Repression, Resistance, and Renewal”

Wednesday, April 5th Robinson Hall, Room 118

6:45- 8:00pm Afro-Brazilian Master Class w/ Vera

Passos

Thursday, April 6th Robinson Hall, Room 118

9:00am Opening Remarks9:30-10:45am Panel: Africana Music in Urban Spaces11:00-12:15pm Workshop: Afro Haitian Dance & Dance and Social Justice in the Classroom12:30-2:00pm Lunch Break2:00-3:15pm Workshop: Afro Brazilian Dance3:30-4:45pm Workshop: Assessing Your Archetype through Orisha Dancing5:00-6:15pm Workshop: Performance, Revolution, and Vodou

Thursday, April 6th McKnight Hall, Cone Center

6:30pm Keynote Address by Dr. Umi Vaughan Associate Professor of Africana Studies, CSU Monterey Bay

*Reception Following Keynote*

Friday, April 7th Cone Center, Room 210

10:00-11:45am Panel: Slavery and Burial Practices12:00-2:00pm Roundtable Lunch: Teaching and Programming Across Disciplines and Colleges (*Pre-Registration Required*)2:00-3:15pm Panel: Performing Gender and Resistance3:30-4:30pm Short Film and Discussion: Celebrating the Water Goddesses

4:30pm Closing Remarks

After Party: “Cultural Dance Night” at the Mint Museum in Uptown Charlotte (7:00–11:30pm)

$5 students$12 regular admission

Afro-Cuban Dance Lesson at 7pm

For more information or to pre-register for the roundtable lunch contact: dboaz@uncc.edu. Organized by the Africana Studies Department in conjunction

with the Department of Dance and the Department of Art & Art HistoryCosponsors: Chancellor’s Diversity Fund, College of Arts and Architecture,

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

*Photo Credit: Lisa Homann