Ava DuVernay's "Thirteenth" - Thursday, 3/23 at 6:45 PM

Wednesday Panel Sessions

Wednesday's panel sessions begin at 10:00 am with Session I, "Filming History's Gaps," a look at The Black Eagle of Harlem, a documentary film on the life of pioneering black aviator Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, written, produced, and directed by Billy Tooma, followed by Session II at 11:30 am, titled "Reimagining Revolution." At right is the trailer from The Black Eagle of Harlem. Below is the list of the Wednesday panels and presenters.

Conference Panel Sessions

2017 Humanities Conference Begins with Keynote Address by Historian/Artist Nell Painter

Welcome to the 2017 Humanities Conference, hosted by the Division of Humanities and Bilingual Studies at Essex County College from Tuesday, March 21 through Friday, March 24 (see program schedule for complete details). This year's conference examines the idea of "radicalism" in humanities discourse, bringing together scholars, artists, activists, and filmmakers to look at the roots of radicalism.


The conference will open on Tuesday, March 21 at 10:00 am with a keynote address by Dr. Nell Irvin Painter, a leading historian of the United States. Dr. Painter is the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, at Princeton University. In addition to her earned doctorate in history from Harvard University, she has received honorary doctorates from Wesleyan, Dartmouth, SUNY-New Paltz, and Yale. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Nell Painter has also held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the American Antiquarian Society. She has served as president of the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association.  A prolific and award-winning scholar, her most recent books are The History of White People (W. W. Norton, 2010, paperback, March 2011), Creating Black Americans (Oxford University Press, 2006), and Southern History Across the Color Line (University of North Carolina Press, 2002). A second edition of Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919 and a Korean translation of Sojourner Truth, A Life, A Symbol appeared in 2008.*

In addition to panel presentations, the conference also features a special film screening of Academy Award-nominated 13th, by Ava DuVernay.

 *Source: nellpainter.com

Radical Humanities Conference