DAY 1
1:00-1:15 Welcome & Opening Remarks
- Sarah Thomas, Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian, Roy E. Larsen Librarian for the Faculty and Arts and Sciences
1:15-2:45 The Past is Present | Keynote Conversation
- Craig Wilder, Barton L. Weller Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Chair of Women's Research & Resource Centers, Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women's Studies, Spelman College
3:00-4:30 Scholars Report on Research Experience | Panel Discussion
Moderator: A'lelia Bundles, journalist and author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker
- Garrett Felber, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Mississippi and Visiting Scholar in the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard University
- Valerie Boyd, Charlayne Hunter-Gault Professor of Journalism and Director of MFA Program in Narrative Nonfiction, University of Georgia; author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
- Anastasia Curwood, Associate Professor, Director, African American & Africana Studies, University of Kentucky
4:30-5:00 Questions & Answers
- Julieanna Richardson, Founder and Executive Director of The History Makers
DAY 2
9:00-9:15 Opening Remarks
- Jane Kamensky, Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and Professor of History, Harvard University
9:15-10:30 The Past and Present in the Future | Keynote Conversation
- Brewster Kahle, Founder of the Internet Archive
- Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History, Harvard University
10:45-12:30 Black Research Collections: Successes and Challenges | Panel Presentation
Moderator: Kenvi Phillips, Curator for Race & Ethnicity, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University
- Mary F. Yearwood, Director of Collections and Information Services, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
- Lopez D. Matthews, Digital Production Librarian, Howard University Libraries & the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
- Randall Burkett, Curator of African American Collections, Rose Library, Emory University
- Kara Tucina Olidge, Executive Director, Amistad Research Center
- Dino Robinson, Production Manager, Northwestern University Press, Founder, Shorefront Legacy Center
1:30-3:30 Why Partner? | Interactive Session
Moderator: Reginald Chapple, Chief, Office of Partnerships and Philanthropy, National Parks Service
Collaboration: Perspectives from Library Directors
- Monika Rhue, Director of Library Services at Johnson C. Smith University; Board Chair, HBCU Library Alliance
- Brenda Johnson, Library Director & University Librarian, University of Chicago Library
A Pilot Collaboration between Spelman College Archives & Schlesinger Library
- Amanda Strauss, Manager for Special Projects & Digital Services, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University
- Holly Smith, College Archivist, Spelman College
Technology & Collaboration
- Cecily Marcus, Principal Investigator of Umbra Search, Givens Collection of African American Literature Curator, University of Minnesota Libraries
- Trevor James Bond, Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal, Co-Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation and the Associate Dean for Digital Initiatives and Special Collections at the Washington State University Libraries
3:30-4:00 Wrap-up & Closing Remarks
- Julieanna Richardson, Founder and Executive Director of The History Makers
- Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School