9:15 – 10:20 a.m.: Gender and Sexuality in the Shaping of Black Studies

10:30 – 11:45 a.m.: Creativity and the Imagined Future of Black Studies

Noon – 1 p.m.: Lunch:  Envisioning the Future

1:15 – 2:30 p.m.: Africa and the Diaspora in the Future of Black Studies

2:40 – 3:50 p.m.: New Voices in AAAS

4 – 5:30 p.m.: Closing Keynote: Nathan Connelly

Connolly is the Herbert Baxter Adams associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins University and co-host of the U.S. history podcast, BackStory. His writing focuses on black family, property and citizenship. Connolly is also the author of "A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Making of Jim Crow South Florida."