Lemon Project Symposium
The next Lemon Project Spring Symposium will take place on Friday, March 26-Saturday, March 27, 2021.
If you aren't on our mailing list, but would like to join, you can sign up by clicking here: http://eepurl.com/dJSv0o.
Special thanks to our sponsors: Arts & Sciences General Fund; Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries; The Lyon Gardiner Tyler Department of History; All Together Williamsburg; Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists.
CANCELED- March 2020-The 10th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium Program
You can view panel descriptions here and participant biographies here.
You can view a pdf of the program here.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Thursday events will take place at Historic Campus, near the Wren Building, located at 111 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185.
5:30 p.m., Historic CampusDinner and Conversations
6:30 p.m., Historic Campus
Slave Dwelling Project Campfire Conversation
Lemon Project Symposium attendees are welcome to take part in the Slave Dwelling Project dinner and conversation without participating in the Slave Dwelling Project Overnight Stay.
9:00 p.m.-8:00 am, Sir Christopher Wren Building
Slave Dwelling Project Overnight
The number of people we can accommodate is very limited for the Slave Dwelling Project Overnight Stay, and participants must register at http://forms.wm.edu/44603.
Friday, March 20, 2020
All events will be held at the School of Education.
9:30 a.m., School of Education
Check-In Begins
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., Dogwood
“Slave Dwelling Project: 10 Years Later”
11:15 a.m. -12:30 p.m. 2 concurrent panels
Panel 1. "Not Everybody Knows My Name: Negotiating Identities for Black Women"
- Location: Dogwood
- Location: Holly
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Lunch
Greetings by Provost Peggy Agouris
1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. 2 concurrent panels
Panel 3. “Revolutions, Resistance, and Writing”
- Location: Dogwood
- Location: Holly
3:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m. 2 concurrent panels
Panel 5. “Using Digital Humanities”
- Location: Dogwood
- Location: Holly
4:15 to 5:30 p.m.
Conference Break and Dinner on Your Own
5:30 p.m., Concourse
Light refreshments available
6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m., Matoaka Woods, School of Education
BUILDING A VOCAL COMMUNITY® with Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell
Saturday, March 21, 2020
All events will be held at the School of Education.
The Holly room features tables with community and campus organizations today.
8:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m., School of Education Concourse
Continental Breakfast and Check-In
8:50 a.m.-9:00 a.m., Matoaka Woods
Welcome by President Katherine A. Rowe
9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m., Matoaka Woods
Plenary Panel: “Entering the Past: The Daily Experience of Black Women Interpreters”11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 2 concurrent panels
Panel 7. "Black Women's Cultural Impacts"
- Location: Matoaka Woods
- Location: Dogwood
12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., Matoaka Woods
Lunch
Jacquelyn McLendon speaks on her book Building on the Legacy: African Americans at William & Mary, followed by a book signing in Holly.
1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. 2 concurrent panels
Panel 9. "Slavery, Community, and Resistance”- Location: Matoaka Woods
- Location: Dogwood
2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. 2 concurrent panels
Panel 11. “Family, Relationships and History”
- Location: Matoaka Woods
- Location: Dogwood
3:45 pm, Matoaka Woods
Brief Remarks
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Conference Break & Dinner on your Own
7:00 pm, Matoaka Woods
conceived, written, and directed by Omiyẹmi Artisia Green; choreographed by Ann Mazzocca Bellecci; with live music by Alagbara
For questions about The Lemon Project Symposium, email [[w|lemon]].
Click here a PDF of the Call for Proposals.
