天天吃瓜 will host the third annual Genocide Research Symposium on Nov. 10.
, author of 鈥淎fro-Paradise: Blackness, Violence and Performance in Brazil鈥 and assistant professor of Anthropology and African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, will deliver the keynote address.
The symposium, which is free and open to the public, will take place in Alumni Hall on Northeastern鈥檚 Main Campus at 3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
Here are the planned sessions:
9:25-10:40 a.m.
Sudanese refugees panel
10:50 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
Evelyn Akullo, Sarah Travis: Issues of Post-Genocide panel discussion
12:15-1:30 p.m.
Keynote speech: Christen Smith, 鈥淎 Campaign for Life: Struggle Against Anti-Black Genocide in Brazil鈥
1:40-2:15 p.m.
Break
2:15-2:55 p.m.
Rwandan and Burundian dancers
3:05-4:05 p.m.
Dora Urujeni, 鈥淩escuing the Rescuers: An Education Tool to Build a Better Future鈥
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Lissa Skitolksy, 鈥淕enocide, Education and Mass Incarceration鈥
5:40-6:55 p.m.
Illinois Genocide Education panel
7:05-8 p.m.
Kimberly Veal, Cris Toffolo: Resistance: Black Lives Matter panel discussion
The Genocide Research Symposium is co-sponsored by the , the , , , , the .
