KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Freedom Dreams and US Democracy, with Robin D.G. Kelley
Hosted by the Global Arts + Humanities Society of Fellows
Moderated by Hasan Kwame Jeffries (associate professor, History)
KEYNOTE: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
RECEPTION: 1:30-2 p.m.
Robin D.G. Kelley is the Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History and professor of African American studies at UCLA. His extensive academic career explores the history of social movements in the U.S., the African Diaspora and Africa; Black intellectuals; music; visual culture; contemporary urban studies; historiography and historical theory; poverty studies and ethnography; and organized labor, among other topics.
Kelley is a prolific scholar and the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and Freedom Scholars Award. He has authored nine books, including his groundbreaking history, Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination (2002/2022). This keynote address celebrates the 20th anniversary of Freedom Dreams and considers where we are twenty years later — addressing social inequities and envisioning more equitable futures.
