The day will consist of 5 panels about Black Left Feminist thought and African Diaspora theories. Panelists from all over the world are in attendance including: Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly, Zifeng Liu, Dr. Siga Fatima Jagne, Nicole Mensa, Elaine Savory, Russell Rickford, and many more. 

Professor Carole Boyce-Davies, Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters - has held distinguished professorships at a number of institutions, including the Herskovits Professor of African Studies and Professor of Comparative Literary Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University. She is currently chair and professor of African Diaspora Literatures in the Department of Literature and Writing at Howard University, Washington D.C. She has taught at Cornell in Africana Studies and Literatures in English from 2007 until 2023.

Her expertise is in: 

• African Diaspora Studies — Literature and Culture
• Black Women’s Writing in International Contexts
• Black Women and Political Leadership
• Caribbean and African Literature
• Black Studies
• Women and Gender Studies

PLEASE RSVP SO WE CAN CALCULATE CATERING TOTALS. THANKS!