Indigeneity: A RaceB4Race Symposium
Event description
- Academic events
- Free
Indigeneity: A RaceB4Race Symposium
February 7-8, 2025 | Arizona State University
The term 'indigeneity' must be considered as capaciously as possible in order to recognize its shifting valences of meaning across historical periods and geographies. The relationship between the Indigenous peoples and their land has always been a fundamental the notion of indigeneity. The term as it is commonly used today is largely in reference to native populations of certain lands who have become minorities in their own countries due to the incursion of settler colonialism. However, if we are to think expansively about indigeneity in our present moment, it is important for us to understand the native or aboriginal populations in the premodern world. This symposium seeks to expand and develop our understanding of indigeneity, from its place in the premodern world to its role in the present.
This RaceB4Race symposium is hosted by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and its programming is envisioned by Scott Manning Stevens and the RaceB4Race Executive Board.
About RaceB4Race
RaceB4Race is an ongoing conference series and professional network community by and for scholars of color working on issues of race in premodern literature, history, and culture. RaceB4Race centers the expertise, perspectives, and sociopolitical interests of BIPOC scholars, whose work seeks to expand critical race theory. Bridging many traditional disciplinary divides, RaceB4Race not only creates innovative scholarly dialogues, but also fosters social change within premodern studies as a whole. RaceB4Race is brought to life by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in partnership with The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Division of Humanities and the Hitz Foundation.
Keynote
An Evening with Tommy Orange | February 8, 2025 | 6:00 PM (MST) | Carson Ballroom, Old Main
Speakers
Tarren Andrews (Yale University)
Di Hu (James Madison University)
Heather M. Kopelson (University of Alabama)
Ashley Lance (University of Cambridge)
Malinda Maynor Lowery (Emory University)
Melanie Newton (University of Toronto)
Jamie Paris (University of Manitoba)
Joseph Mizhakiiyaasige Zordan (Harvard University)
Mónica Domínguez Torres (University of Delaware)
Dominique E. Polanco (Virginia Tech)
Download the digital program
Livestream information
This event will be livestreamed by ASU Live. The recording will be available to watch on the ACMRS YouTube channel afterwards.
Free headshots
All attendees of RaceB4Race, and in particular early career scholars, are invited to partake in free professional headshot photography. A photographer will be available at the symposium on Friday, February 7th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Please take advantage of this service.
Getting to Tempe
For information regarding lodging near the ASU Tempe Campus, please visit the Travel Information for ASU visitors page.
This event will take place in Carson Ballroom in Old Main. The closest parking garage to the venue is the Fulton Center parking structure. Learn more about parking rates here.