Africana Studies

Symposium on Affrilachia

The symposium is being held to celebrate the intellectual and artistic contributions African Americans have made to Appalachia. The two-days will feature a one-woman show written by Kathy Y. Wilson, "Your Negro Tour Guide," which stars NYC's Torie Wiggins, and an evening concert by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. A keynote lecture by Dr. Paul Taylor and a series of panels and discussions that include topics on August Wilson, Nina Simone, Criminal Justice and the Prison Industrial Complex, Affrilachian visual art, urban Appalachia and a 20th anniversary reading featuring founders of the Affrilachian Poets.

Registration is $35 per person. Pre-registration is now open. Please click here for the registration form. Registration will also be available at the door. We apologize for the inconvience, but credit cards will not be accepted.

 

Schedule of Events
Wednesday, March 9th
7:45-8:15	Registration
8:30-9:45	Visual Art Presentation by Marie Cochran
10:15-11:15	Paul Taylor - Carter G. Woodson Lecture
11:45-1:00	lunch break
1:00-2:30	August Wilson Panel
3:00-4:30	Prison Industrial Complex panel
5:00-6:30	Affrilachian Poets (dinner break)
8:00-9:30	"Your Negro Tour Guide" Briggs Theatre, Fine Arts Building
All events will be located Room 230 of the UK Student Center Addition unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, March 10th
7:45-8:15	Registration
8:30-10:00	Student Papers
10:15-11:15	Urban Appalachia Panel
11:15-1:00	lunch break
1:00-2:30	Nina Simone Panel
3:00-4:15	Black Banjo Gathering
5:00-6:30	Closing Reception and Awards Presentation
6:30-7:30	dinner break
7:30-9:30	Carolina Chocalate Drops  Cat's Den, UK Student Center
All events will be located Room 230 of the UK Student Center Addition unless otherwise noted.

Paul Taylor will give our Carter G. Woodson Keynote Address entitled “Call Me Out My Name: Inventing Affrilachia.”

Paul C. Taylor is an associate professor of philosophy at Pennsylvania State University, where he also serves as the founding director of the Philosophy After Apartheid program at the Rock Ethics Institute. Professor Taylor received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Morehouse College and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Rutgers University. He writes on aesthetics, race theory, Africana philosophy, pragmatism, and social philosophy, and is the author of the book Race: A Philosophical Introduction (Polity, 2004). He is currently at work on a book called Black is Beautiful: A Philosophy of Black Aesthetics (under contract, Blackwell).

For more information contact:
Frank X. Walker
203G Lafferty Hall
Lexington, KY 40506-0024
859-257-1634