The National Council of Black Studies (NCBS) will host its 44th annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia March 11-14, 2020 at the Atlanta Marriot Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center. The National Council for Black Studies was established in 1975 when African American scholars came together to formalize the study of the African World experience, as well as expand and strengthen academic units and community programs devoted to this endeavor.
NCBS was formed out of the substantial need for a national stabilizing force in the developing discipline of Africana/Black Studies. Today, the purpose of the NCBS is multidimensional and the scope of its functioning is quite broad. As an organization created and sustained primarily by students and their teachers, NCBS is committed to academic excellence and social responsibility.
As part of the conference and building upon our successful pre-conference at the National Communication Association, the Center of African American Public Address and Rhetoric will sponsor four panels at the NCBS conference. Two Panels are on Friday, March 13, 2020, and two panels are on Saturday, March 14, 2020. If you are attending the conference, we hope to see you in one of our sponsored panels.
As part of the conference and building upon our successful pre-conference at the National Communication Association, the Center of African American Public Address and Rhetoric will sponsor four panels at the NCBS conference. Two Panels are on Friday, March 13, 2020, and two panels are on Saturday, March 14, 2020. If you are attending the conference, we hope to see you in one of our sponsored panels.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Panel One: The Art of Black Preaching
Time: 3:30 to 4:45pm
Place: Marriott Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center, Floor: Atrium Level, Heritage C
Panelists:
Chair: Michelle E. Shaw
Earle J. Fisher, Memphis Theological Seminary
Matthew Farmer, University of Georgia
Nicole McDonald, Christian Theological Seminary
Kyle Brooks, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Chair: Michelle E. Shaw
Earle J. Fisher, Memphis Theological Seminary
Matthew Farmer, University of Georgia
Nicole McDonald, Christian Theological Seminary
Kyle Brooks, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Panel Two: Critical Studies in Race
Time: 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Room: Marriott Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center, Floor: Atrium Level, Buckhead A
Panelists:
Chair: Damariye Smith, University of Memphis
Kami Anderson, Independent Scholar, Founder of Billingual Brown Babies
Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis
Time: 3:00 to 4:15pm
Room: Marriott Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center, Floor: Atrium Level, Dahlonega
Panelists:
Chair: Nicole McDonald, Christian Theological Seminary
Damariye L. Smith, University of Memphis
Annette Madlock Gatison, Independent Scholar
Sophia Muriel Flemming, University of Georgia
Michelle E. Shaw, Northwestern University
Panel Four: Mapping Terrains of Research: Black Liberation Theology in the Fields of Black Studies (A Roundtable)
Time: 4:30 to 5:45pm
Room: Marriott Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center, Floor: Atrium Level, Dahlonega
Panelists:
Chair: Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis
Letrice Donaldson, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Earle J. Fisher, Memphis Theological Seminary
Annette Madlock Gatison, Independent Scholar
Michelle E. Shaw, Northwestern University
Kyle Brooks, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Chair: Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis
Letrice Donaldson, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Earle J. Fisher, Memphis Theological Seminary
Annette Madlock Gatison, Independent Scholar
Michelle E. Shaw, Northwestern University
Kyle Brooks, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
