Conference registration for presenters includes access to all receptions, events, and presentation sessions for the entire symposium, plus a swag bag and an invitation to publish in the Macksey Journal<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Those attending the symposium as a supporter (not presenting) have the option to purchase a one-day or a two-day pass at a discounted rate. All guest passes (both one-day and two-day) include access to the welcome reception at the Baltimore Museum of Art on Thursday evening. Non-presenting guests may register here: Guest Registration<\/a>. Please note, presenters may NOT use this link to register for the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Registration is mandatory for all guests. Any unregistered guests who arrive at the conference will be required to register and pay on-site in order to gain access to the conference. It is highly recommended that you register in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For presenters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n For guests (not presenting at the conference):<\/p>\n\n\n\n Participants are responsible for their own travel to and from Baltimore. All presenters are asked to reserve a room at the Inn at the Colonnade in one of our conference hotel blocks, which come with a discounted rate. Both hotels, the Inn at the Colonnade and The Study at Johns Hopkins, are located directly across the street from the Johns Hopkins University campus, which serves as the venue for the symposium. A mobility shuttle will be available for those with accessibility needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please use this link to book a room at the Colonnade.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please use this link to book a room at The Study.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please note that the blocks include both single-occupancy rooms (one king bed) and double-occupancy rooms (two queen beds). Space is limited, so we strongly suggest booking early. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We recommend that if you are flying you arrive at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI). For train travel, we recommend arriving at Baltimore Penn Station. Transportation is not provided to\/from the airport or train station. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n The keynote speaker for the 2024 Macksey Symposium is Dr. Sami Schalk<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Gender and Women\u2019s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Schalk will deliver the talk, \u201c504 and Beyond: Disability Politics and the Black Panther Party\u201d<\/strong> on Friday, March 22, at 5:00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drawing from Dr. Schalk\u2019s latest book, Black Disability Politics<\/a><\/em>, this talk will detail the Black Panther Party\u2019s involvement in the 1977 504 Sit-in and discuss it as a historical example of how Black cultural workers have engaged with disability as a political issue in ways that have sometimes been obscured in Black studies and disability studies alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Schalk will also be available for a book signing on Saturday, March 23, from 9:00 to 10:00 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Sami Schalk earned her BA in English (Creative Writing) and Women\u2019s Studies from Miami University, her MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from University of Notre Dame, and her PhD in Gender Studies from Indiana University. Her interdisciplinary research focuses broadly on disability, race, and gender in contemporary American literature and culture. She has published on literature, film, and material culture in a variety of peer-reviewed humanities journals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Schalk\u2019s first book, Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women\u2019s Speculative Fiction<\/a><\/em> (Duke University Press 2018), argues that Black women writers of speculative fiction reimagine the possibilities and limits of bodyminds, changing the way we read and interpret categories like (dis)ability, race, gender and sexuality within the context of these non-realist texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGuest Registration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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