Princeton University Conference: 

Black Political Thought: Democracy, Resistance, and Social Movements Under Racial Oppression 

March 25-26, 2023 

Betts Auditorium 9am-5pm 

The conference speakers are: Myisha Cherry (UC Riverside), Derrick Darby (Rutgers University), Michele Moody-Adams (Columbia University), Darien Pollock (Boston University), Kris Sealey (Fairfield University), Paul Taylor (Vanderbilt University), Brandon Terry (Harvard University), and Shatema Threadcraft (Vanderbilt University). 

Schedule for Saturday March 25^th

9:00-9:30am Light Breakfast & Coffee

9:30-11:00am: Myisha Cherry (UC Riverside), "The Misuses of Anger: Audre Lorde, Self-Hatred, and the Anger it Fuels"

Chair: Lidal Dror (Princeton University)

11:00-11:15am: Break

11:15-12:45pm: Derrick Darby (Rutgers University), "A Realistic Blacktopia" 

Chair: Elvira Basevich (UC Davis)

12:45-1:45pm: Lunch

1:45-3:15pm: Kris Sealey (Fairfield University), “Variants in the Machine. Plots on the Plantation. Beauty in the Ashes”

Chair: Desiree Valentine (Marquette University)

3:15-3:30pm: Break

3:30pm-5:00pm: Paul Taylor (Vanderbilt University), "Prophesy Aesthesis:  A Politics of Critical Race Aesthetics" 

Chair: Ian Peebles (Princeton University)

5:30-8pm: Reception & Dinner

If you would like to attend the conference reception and dinner on Saturday March 25^th, please RSVP here, by Monday, March 13^th.