{"id":698,"date":"2022-10-12T16:26:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T16:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/?p=698"},"modified":"2022-11-30T15:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T15:56:29","slug":"celebrating-a-recent-event-3rd-black-political-thought-and-history-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/2022\/10\/12\/celebrating-a-recent-event-3rd-black-political-thought-and-history-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating a recent event &#8211; 3rd Black Political Thought and History Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackpth.com\"><strong>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Black Political Thought and History Workshop<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bordeaux and Cl\u00e9rac, France<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>July 3-8, 2022<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Co-convenors: Minkah Makalani and Shatema Threadcraft<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Black Political Thought and History Workshop Trailer\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/71GUjc5lKqE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The event was co-sponsored by the Vanderbilt Dean&#8217;s Office (College of Arts and Sciences), Vanderbilt\u2019s Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Philosophy Department, the Johns Hopkins Center for Africana Studies, and the Margeurite Casey Foundation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-701\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134544\/VU_Centered_Black-150x150.png\" alt=\"Vanderbilt\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/africana\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-700\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134545\/bpthjohnhopkins-150x150.png\" alt=\"Johns Hopkins Center for Africana Studies\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134545\/bpthjohnhopkins-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134545\/bpthjohnhopkins.png 174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caseygrants.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-699\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134545\/bpthcasey-150x150.png\" alt=\"Margeurite Casey Foundation\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134545\/bpthcasey-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134545\/bpthcasey.png 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Special thanks to Professor Naa Oyo Kwate for location, translation and logistical support.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-702\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134543\/bpthimage2-225x300.png\" alt=\"group of people at the BPTH event\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134543\/bpthimage2-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134543\/bpthimage2-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134543\/bpthimage2.png 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The workshop brings together scholars of\u00a0black\u00a0political\u00a0thought\u00a0and\u00a0black\u00a0history to share their works-in-progress. The first workshop was held at Northwestern in 2015\u00a0and\u00a0convened by Professor Juliet Hooker\u00a0and\u00a0Barnor Hesse. The second workshop took place at UT-Austin in 2017\u00a0and\u00a0convened by Minkah Makalani. After a long hiatus due to the pandemic, we wanted to travel. We were not able to host the workshop in 2020\u00a0and\u00a02021 so we wanted to celebrate being able to be together in a beautiful locale. We chose Bordeaux because of its connection to the transatlantic slave trade, which forever transformed the lives\u00a0and\u00a0scholarship of all participants.\u00a0Professors Hooker, Makalani, Bryant\u00a0and\u00a0Threadcraft were a part of the original convening. Professor Melynda Price joined the second workshop. For the third workshop we invited scholars whose work has influenced us\u00a0and\u00a0whose work we are in\u00a0and\u00a0with whose work we would like to be in greater conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-703\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134542\/bpthimage-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134542\/bpthimage-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134542\/bpthimage-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134542\/bpthimage.png 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>On July 3<sup>rd<\/sup> we visited The Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Aquitaine. It was of particular interest for our group. The museum\u2019s Modern Era exhibit added new permanent rooms in 2009. The first space illustrates the role of the town of Bordeaux in 18<sup>th<\/sup> century France. The second space ties Bordeaux\u2019s prosperity to its participation in the transatlantic slave trade. The third space outlines the organization of slavery in the Caribbean. The fourth space relates the struggle for abolition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On July 4<sup>th<\/sup> we visited Chateau La Dominique. Note that it is Chateau La Dominique and not Chateau Dominique. Here the article \u201cla\u201d signified its interest to the group and the presence ubiquity of the black presence in France. \u201cCalled &#8220;Durieu&#8221; in the early 17th century, the property was acquired by the Glenne family and named &#8220;Dominique&#8221; by Jacques and Isabeau Micheau in 1690. A subsequent owner, merchant Henri Greloud, added the definite article &#8220;La&#8221; in the mid-19th century. He is said to have done so because of his love for the Caribbean island of Dominica (or &#8220;La Dominique&#8221; in French).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: \u201cVision\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/chateau-ladominique.com\/en\/nuances\/vision\">https:\/\/chateau-ladominique.com\/en\/nuances\/vision<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On July 5<sup>th<\/sup> we toured sites connected to the history of the transatlantic slave trade with the <em>Association M\u00e9moires et Partages. <\/em>Adriana Girol, a law student at Universit\u00e9 Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, stepped in heroically at the last minute after Karfa Diallo, founder of <em>M\u00e9moires et Partages<\/em> became ill. We are very grateful to her. The association came out of a joint effort of DiversCit\u00e9s and the Association de Pr\u00e9figuration de la Fondation du M\u00e9morial de la Traite des Noirs. The latter organization worked from 1998 to 2015 for the defense and rehabilitation of the memory of the slave trade and slavery in Bordeaux.<\/p>\n<p>Source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmoe.llc.ed.ac.uk\/en\/association\/m%C3%A9moires-et-partages\">https:\/\/www.mmoe.llc.ed.ac.uk\/en\/association\/m%C3%A9moires-et-partages<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On July 6<sup>th<\/sup> and 7<sup>th<\/sup> we held panels on \u201cThe Legacy of Black Maternal Grief and Political Action,\u201d \u201cBlack Study, Praxis and Translation Against Social Death,\u201d and \u201cThe Past, Present and Fugitive Futurity of Black Politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Participants<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-organizers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shatema Threadcraft, Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Philosophy and Political Science, Vanderbilt University<\/li>\n<li>Minkah Makalani, Associate Professor of History, Director of the Center for Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins University<\/li>\n<li>Sherwin Bryant, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History, Northwestern University<\/li>\n<li>Brittney Cooper, Professor of Women\u2019s Gender and Sexuality Studies and Africana Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey<\/li>\n<li>Megan Ming Francis, G. Alan and Barbara Delsman Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington<\/li>\n<li>Juliet Hooker, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science, Brown University<\/li>\n<li>Melanye Price, Endowed Professor of Political Science and Inaugural Director of the Ruth J. Simmons Center for Race and Justice, Prairie View A &amp; M University<\/li>\n<li>Melynda Price, William L. Matthews, Jr. Professor of Law and the John and Joan Gaines Professor of Humanities and Director of the Gaines Center for the Humanities, University of Kentucky, School of Law<\/li>\n<li>Robbie Shilliam, Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University<\/li>\n<li>Maboula Soumahoro, Dpt d&#8217;anglais\/ English Dept, Ma\u00eetre de conf\u00e9rences\/ Associate Professor, University of Tours Fran\u00e7ois-Rabelais<\/li>\n<li>Deva Woodly, Associate Professor of Politics, The New School for Social Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noah Campbell, PhD Student, Brown University, Political Science Department<\/li>\n<li>Jessica Newby, PhD Student, Johns Hopkins University, History Department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3rd Black Political Thought and History Workshop Bordeaux and Cl\u00e9rac, France July 3-8, 2022 Co-convenors: Minkah Makalani and Shatema Threadcraft The event was co-sponsored by the Vanderbilt Dean&#8217;s Office (College of Arts and Sciences), Vanderbilt\u2019s Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Philosophy Department, the Johns Hopkins Center for Africana Studies, and the Margeurite Casey Foundation.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4,3],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/10\/22134542\/bpthimage.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":722,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions\/722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/gender-sexuality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}