Americanist Symposium University of Kent (Day One)

The Centre for American Studies

Day one of the Annual Americanist Symposium by the University of Kent. Engage online, with themes of sustainability, art and activism.

Join us for our free, interdisciplinary, online conference on the themes of climate, art and activism. On this first day of our two day Americanist Symposium, you will have the opportunity to hear new perspectives and explore hidden voices. You can also actively engage through our post-panel Q&amp;As and an interactive workshop. Our conference is open to all, and of particular interest to those curious about American history, Indigenous culture and activism, sustainability and art. The ticket will give you access to the full day - you&#x27;re very welcome to virtually pop in and out during the day to fit around any other commitments. [Details: Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82722352492 (Meeting ID: 827 2235 2492)]The Day&#x27;s Programme: 10 am: Opening Statement by Organisers 10:30am: Panel One - Environmental History &amp; Activism Charlotte Vergette: &quot;Coalition in the Climate Crisis: Black and Indigenous Leadership in Planetary Protection&quot; Mark Parker: “YOU ARE ON INDIAN LAND”: The inversion of colonial semiosis as an assertion of territoriality in the Red Power movement&quot;11:30 am: Sustainability WorkshopWilliam Rowlandson: &quot;‘Inventar y Resolver.’ What can we learn from the Cubans about crisis and sustainability?&quot;Lunch Break (12:30am - 1:30 pm)1:30 - 2:30 pm: Panel Two - Recovering Hidden VoicesKathryn Waring: &quot;Reckoning with the Craig Colony for Epileptics: Re-appropriating Disabled Stories from Archival Erasure&quot;.Molly Evans: &quot;Teaching Virtuousness: how a mothers’ role in the raising of good republican citizens was necessary for the survival of newly independent America&quot;.Erin Bell: &quot;Resisting (American) Grand Narratives: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s The Undocumented Americans (2020)&quot;.Break3:00pm - 4:30: Panel Three - Art and Perspectives of NationSarah Smeed: &quot;Face Value: Material Exchange and Perceptions of Indigenous Head Styling, c. 1700 - 1735&quot;Taylor Eyster: &quot;Curation and Personhood of the American Landscape: The Environmental Personhood Movement and Lake Erie as Americana&quot;.Vuk Vukovic: &quot;&quot;“Understanding the Nation: Nam June Paik’s Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii (1995)”&quot;Sophie Harris: &quot;‘“A Tribute to the Potentiality of Sadness”: Sex and Desire in Billy-Ray Belcourt’s This Wound is a World’&quot;The evening will be concluded with a Keynote Panel - &quot;Ending Erasure: Deconstructing the colonial mythology of the Americas&quot; (6 - 7 pm) with two activists and historical educators from the Mashpee Wampanoag and Shinnecock Nations. For this panel please sign up to our second Eventbrite page here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ending-erasure-deconstructing-the-colonial-mythology-of-the-americas-tickets-332656533647" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ending-erasure-deconstructing-the-colonial-mythology-of-the-americas-tickets-332656533647</a>Day two (20th May) will be hybrid. If possible, please join us at the University of Kent or sign up for our online link...<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/333483497117" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/333483497117 </a>[Image citation: Nam June Paik, Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, 1995, fifty-one channel video installation (including one closed-circuit television feed), custom electronics, neon lighting, steel, and wood; color, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2002.23, © Nam June Paik Estate.]

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