42nd BLACK WORLD CONFERENCE

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025

Tivoli Turnhalle

8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public

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Black World Conference 2025 Schedule

 

Theme: “Crafting Freedom and Narrating Resistance: The Power of Black Storytelling Across the Diaspora”

Event Chair: Dr. Jasmine L. Harris

Date: February 18, 2025

 

Tuesday, February 18
8:30 – 9:25 AM Continental Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 AM Keynote, Dr. Stephanie Toliver – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
10:45 – 11:45 AM Speaker, Dr. Ronald Davis – Curator, Witte Museum (San Antonio, TX)
11:45 – 1:15 PM Lunch (until 12 PM) and Film Screening “Spirit at the Mountaintop”
1:25 – 1:35 PM Q & A – “Spirit at the Mountaintop” (Dir. Adam M. Dempsey) (movie) 2 Emmy Nominations
1:45 – 2:45 PM Speaker, Dr. Mary-Alice Daniel – Princeton University
3:05 – 4:30 PM Student Panel
4:40 – 5:30 PM Social Hour – light bites

END OF PROGRAM