Brown Symposium

Schedule

TUESday, February 21, 2023
6:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Alma Thomas Theater
7:00 - 8:15 p.m. Alisha Wormsley: “Radical World Building” Alma Thomas Theater
WEDNESday, February 22, 2023
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Arrivals and Coffee Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Welcome Remarks Alma Thomas Theater
9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Kirsten Leng: “Pleasure, Play, and Politics: A History of Humor in U.S. Feminism”  Alma Thomas Theater - Virtual
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break  
10:45 - 12:00 p.m. Amber Johnson: “Critical Futures: Reimagining Academia’s Relevance through Speculative Inquiry, Action, and Futurity” Alma Thomas Theater
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break   
2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Anthony Romero: Los Remedios: On Curanderismo and Indigenizing Art/Activism Alma Thomas Theater
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Break  
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Gallery Reception
Kelly Johnson: Irresistible Revolutions Curator Talk
Fine Arts Gallery
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Break  
7:00 - 10:00 p.m. Chulita Vinyl Club DJs First-Year Courtyard
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2023
9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Tacos and Coffee Bar McCombs Ballrooms
9:30 - 10:45 a.m. Mika Tosca: “Solarpunk Futures: Post-nihilist Solutions to the Climate Crisis Emerging from the Synthesis of Art and Environmental Science” McCombs Ballrooms
10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Break  
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Panel with Symposium Participants McCombs Ballrooms
12:15 - 12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks McCombs Ballrooms