{"id":65868,"date":"2025-08-29T12:50:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/humanities-institute\/event\/race-aesthetics-speculation-conference\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T09:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:06:47","slug":"race-aesthetics-speculation-conference","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/humanities-institute\/event\/race-aesthetics-speculation-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Race, Aesthetics, Speculation Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\">\n<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cRace, Aesthetics, Speculation\u201d brings together leading scholars to examine how the representation of race and ethnicity intersects with theories of aesthetics, literary form, and speculative thought. The event foregrounds aesthetic production by people of color and explores how form, genre, and speculation shape our understanding of politics, history, and the contemporary moment. By convening interdisciplinary conversations that challenge dominant narratives and highlight systematically excluded ways of knowing, the symposium aims to reassert the humanities\u2019 vital role in interpreting culture, imagining alternative worlds, and confronting the remainders of history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9:00 AM-9:45 AM \u2013 Breakfast&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10:00 AM-11:00 AM \u2013 Justin Mann, Northwestern University, \u201cGetting Lost in the Dark: Speculations on the Aesthetics of Black Insecurity\u201d<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Moderator: Harris Feinsod, Johns Hopkins University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>11:15 AM-12:15 PM \u2013 Aimee Bhang, Pomona College,&nbsp;\u201cAsian America&#8217;s Gendered Adjacency to the Tech Broligarchy\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Moderator: TBD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>12:30 PM-2:00 PM \u2013 Lunch, The Study (RSVP:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:giladi@jhu.edu\">giladi@jhu.edu<\/a>)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2:15 PM-3:15 PM \u2013 Yogita Goyal, English, UCLA, \u201cLate Style and the Postcolonial Novel\u201d<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Moderator: Nadia Nurhussein, Johns Hopkins University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3:30 PM-4:30 PM \u2013 Glenda Carpio, Harvard University,&nbsp;Title TBD<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Moderator: Daniel Desormeaux, Johns Hopkins University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4:45 PM-5:45 PM \u2013 Mary Pat Brady, Cornell University,&nbsp;Title TBD<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Moderator: Maia Gil\u2019Ad\u00ed, Johns Hopkins University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Please reach out to Prof. Maia Gil\u2019Ad\u00ed (giladi@jhu.edu) to RSVP.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Address: The Study Hotel, 3215 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218<\/p>\n<p><em>Programming made possible through generous contributions from the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute, LACLxS, the Chloe Center, the Global South Initiative, the Center for Africana Studies, and the Departments of Modern Languages &amp; Literatures, Philosophy, Comparative Thought &amp; Literature, and English.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__venue tribe-clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__events-link\">\n<div class=\"tribe-events tribe-common\">\n<div class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__container\">\n<div class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown\">\n<div class=\"tribe-common-c-btn-border tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__button\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__button-text\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"tribe-events-subscribe-dropdown-content\" aria-label=\"View links to add events to your calendar\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdd to calendar\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"tribe-events-subscribe-dropdown-content\" class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__content\">\n<ul class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list\">\n<li class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item--gcal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow noindex\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGoogle Calendar\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item--ical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow noindex\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tiCalendar\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item--outlook-365\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow noindex\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOutlook 365\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item--outlook-live\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" class=\"tribe-events-c-subscribe-dropdown__list-item-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow noindex\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOutlook Live\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@ \u201cRace, Aesthetics, Speculation\u201d brings together leading scholars to examine how the representation of race and ethnicity intersects with theories of aesthetics, literary form, and speculative thought. 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