THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25
OPENING RECEPTION
The Sinclair, 52 Church Street, Cambridge MA
7:00–9:00 p.m.
OPENING RECEPTION
The Sinclair, 52 Church Street, Cambridge MA
7:00–9:00 p.m.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Lawrence D. Bobo (Harvard)
TOASTS
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Harvard), John Silvanus Wilson (Harvard), and Tommie Shelby (Harvard)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26
Sheraton Commander Hotel, 16 Garden Street, Cambridge MA
8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION, 7:45-8:30 A.M.
OPENING REMARKS, 8:30-9:00 A.M.
Orlando Patterson (Harvard)
PANEL 1: DU BOIS'S GLOBAL HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY, 9:00-10:20 A.M.
Overview of Du Bois’s intellectual trajectory as a global-historical comparative thinker.
Panelists: Stephanie Shaw (Ohio State), Chad Williams (Brandeis), and Howard Winant (UCSB)
Chair: Ellis Monk (Harvard)
PANEL 2: RACE, EPISTEMOLOGY & CANON BUILDING, 10:30-11:50 A.M.
How has the canon been built and how should it change? Should it exist at all? What voices have been excluded?
Panelists: Ben Carrington (USC), Julian Go (Boston University), and Zine Magubane (Boston College)
Chair: Mario Small (Harvard)
LUNCH (PROVIDED), 12:00-1:00 P.M.
PANEL 3: DU BOISIAN THEORY AND METHOD, 1:00-2:20 P.M.
What is Du Boisian Sociology? What is its theoretical foundation? How is it done?
Panelists: Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (Colby), Marcus Hunter (UCLA), and José Itzigsohn (Brown)
Chair: William Julius Wilson (Harvard)
PANEL 4: DU BOIS AND RACIAL CAPITALISM, 2:30-3:50 P.M.
How can Du Bois help diagnose and remedy the ills of racial capitalism?
Panelists: Rose Brewer (Minnesota), Cedric de León (U Mass), and Walter Johnson (Harvard)
Chair: Alexandra Killewald (Harvard)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26
University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge MA
4:30–6:30 p.m.
University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge MA
4:30–6:30 p.m.
KEYNOTE INTRODUCTION
Jason Beckfield (Harvard)
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Aldon Morris (Northwestern)
ENTERTAINMENT
Du Bois Orchestra
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27
Sheraton Commander Hotel, 16 Garden Street, Cambridge MA
8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Sheraton Commander Hotel, 16 Garden Street, Cambridge MA
8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION, 8:00-8:30 A.M.
GUIDING REMARKS, 8:45-9:00 A.M.
Was Du Bois a pragmatist? What would a Du Boisian Pragmatism look like?
Panelists: Denise James (Dayton), Paul C. Taylor (Penn State) and Robert W. Williams (Bennett)
Chair: Christopher Winship (Harvard)
PANEL 6: TOWARD A SOCIOLOGY OF RACISM, 10:30-11:50 A.M.
What insights can be gained from a 'sociology of racism' (versus a 'sociology of race')?
Panelists: Karen Fields (Sociologist), Crystal Fleming (Stony Brook), and Abigail Sewell (Emory)
Chair: Evelynn Hammonds (Harvard)
LUNCH (PROVIDED), 12:00-1:00 P.M.
PANEL 7: SCHOLARSHIP FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, 1:00-2:20 P.M.
How can Du Bois inspire us to create scholarship for social good?
Panelists: Saida Grundy (Boston University), Toussaint Losier (UMass), and Adia Wingfield (Washington U.)
Chair: Elizabeth Hinton (Harvard)
CLOSING REMARKS, 2:30-3:00 P.M.