YSLS 2024 Harlem Renaissance
Saturday, November 9, 2024
What made the Harlem Renaissance so special? What were the movement’s main goals and ideas? And how does the Harlem Renaissance continue to inspire artists today? For one hundred years, authors, actors, musicians, and artists have continued to explore wide-ranging interpretations of Harlem Renaissance artistic works. We seek papers and creative projects that continue this exploration.
- Pride & culture
- Interplay of visual arts, music & text
- Race & class politics
- Spiritual growth & religion
- Crossroads of gender & race
- Childhood & young adult depictions
- Inspirations of the movement
- Trauma & strategies for coping & healing
- Creative works on related themes
- LGBTQIA+ themes & works
Sessions will be organized in 1-hour blocks with 45 to 50 minutes of presentations and 10 to 15 minutes for discussion. We seek proposals for individual 10- to 15-minute presentations or preset panels of 3 to 4 presenters. Creative approaches and special panels are encouraged; please contact the conference email (ysls@xgcr.net) for more information. Each conference participant may submit only one abstract for academic presentation and only one for creative work.
Submissions will be accepted from August 26 – October 15. Accepted presenters will be required to register in advance.