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The Revolution Years50 TheAfter Revolution New Perspectives on 1968 A Conference at Columbia University Faculty House | 64 Morningside Drive April 27-29, 2018 Sponsored by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the Lehman Center for American History, the Institute for Research in African- American Studies, the Department of History, and the Offce of the Provost. Saturday, April 28 Faculty House 9:30 AM Archives, Memory, and 1968 Focusing on historical memory, this panel considers how the legacies of 1968 have been promoted, distorted, and erased by libraries, archives, and historians over the course of the past half century. • Burleigh Hendrickson, Dickinson College Conference Schedule • Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, Columbia University • Sady Sullivan, Independent Oral History Consultant Friday, April 27 • Moderated by Thai Jones, Columbia University Campus Events 11:00 AM 1:00 PM Guided Tour of “1968: The Global Revolutions,” an Harlem, Columbia University, and the Black Freedom exhibition in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library Struggle Featuring scholars and alums, this session explores how the protests 3:00 PM Campus walking tours of 1968 affected the local Black Freedom Struggle. What were their ramifcations for the experiences of Black students on campus? For the Faculty House advent of Black Studies at Columbia? How did the protests affect Co- 5:00 PM Reception lumbia’s relationship with the communities of Harlem and Morningside 6:00 PM Welcome by Provost John Coatsworth Heights? Opening Conversation: “A Time to Stir,” a Conversation • Tanaquil Jones, GS ‘87 on the Columbia 1968 Uprising • Stefan Bradley, Loyola Marymount University A flm screening and discussion of the Columbia and Barnard student • Farah Jasmine Griffn, Columbia University protests of 1968, with participants, activists, and current students. 12:30 PM Break for Lunch • Eric Foner, Columbia University • Juan González, Democracy Now! • Nancy Biberman, Housing Activist • Donovan Redd, CC ‘19 • Beulah Sims-Agbiabaka, CC ‘15 • Moderated by Frank Guridy, Columbia University 6:00 PM Saturday, April 28 (continued) Closing Conversation: “The Legacies of the Sixties,” Now and in the Future Faculty House In this culminating conversation, a distinguished panel of scholars dis- cusses the global impact of 1968 on politics and society today. 2:30 PM ’68 and Media • N.D.B. Connolly, Johns Hopkins University While America fought its frst televised war in Vietnam, a media-savvy • Jeffrey Gould, Indiana University protest movement looked to underground newspapers like the East Vil- • Mark Mazower, Columbia University lage Other and freeform radio like Bob Fass’ Radio Unnameable to ampli- • Donna Murch, Rutgers University fy and further articulate dissent. This panel will consider how new and old • Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania media fragmented and galvanized public opinion during 1968’s global • Moderated by Casey Blake, Columbia University revolutions. • Timothy Scott Brown, Northeastern University Sunday, April 29 • Susan Douglas, University of Michigan Location TBD • Robert Friedman, Bloomberg News • Robert Siegel, National Public Radio 10:00 AM Screening of “A Time to Stir,” (Directed by Paul Cronin) A visual history of the 1968 uprisings at Columbia University. 4:00 PM New Media’s Impact on Activists’ Lives and Movements This panel invites activists, researchers and scholar-activists on the front line of today’s social movements to discuss the role of new media in activism, how it helps, but also how it hinders visions of a just society. • Nikita Singareddy, Columbia ‘17 • Charlton McIlwain, New York University • Brittany Lewis, George Washington University/The Activist History Review • Moderated by Kimberly Springer, Columbia University VIETNAM FreedomMexico Struggles City Women's Movement ColumbiaPrague Moscow University ParisWomen's ParisMovement VIETNAMMoscow Columbia University Freedom Struggles Prague Columbia University 1968: VIETNAMFreedom Struggles ParisBerlin Mexico City Women's The Movement Global Revolutions South Africa Prague South Africa CubaFreedom Struggles Cuba Mexico City Gay LiberatioVIETNAM Women'sVIETNAM Movement Berlin Columbia University Prague Paris FreedomMoscow Struggles VIETNAMMexico City South Africa Women's Movement Mexico City Moscow South Africa C VIETNAM Women's Movemen Freedom Struggles BerlinWomen's Movement PragMos Other 50th MexicoJanuary 23 – Cit Women's MovementJune 4, 2018 Sout Gay Liberation Anniversary Programming GayKempner GalleryLiberation SouthPrague Africa Butler LibrarySouth Africa Cuba Mexico City 535West 114 This conference culminates a semester of activities related to the 6 50th anniversary of 1968 that include courses in multiple depart Rare Book & Manuscript Library Freedom Struggles ments, a speaker and flm series, and an exhibition in the Rare Book th Women's Movement& Manuscript Library. Floor East Freedom Struggles VIETNAMParis LIBRARY.COLUMBIA.EDU/EVENTS th January 23, 6pm, Butler Library, Room 201: “The Sixties Under Street ground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America,” A talk by John McMillian. Follow @1968CU January 23 to June 4, “1968: The Global Revolutions,” an exhibition events unfold leading up to the explosive dem in the Kempner Gallery, on the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, onstrations in April and May with “live” reporting Butler Library, 6th Floor. of this signifcant moment in Columbia University history.The series, which will feature a number of March 6, 6pm, The Diana Center, Barnard College: “1968 and its striking images that date to Spring 1968, show Afterlives: Refecting on CampusActivism Past, Present and Future” cases the impressive materials and resources in A panel discussion co-sponsored by The Barnard Archives and Bar the UniversityArchives, highlighting the history of nard College Class of 1971. political and social activism at Columbia. March 19, 6pm, Faculty House: “A Time to Stir” Book Launch dis cussion and event with Ray Brown, Carolyn Eisenberg, Karla Spur lock-Evans, and Mark Rudd. 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