Agents of Change
Event Details
Agents of Change: A Symposium in Honor of Marcellus Blount
by Arts & Sciences Committee on Equity and Diversity
You are invited to join in the celebration of the life and work of Professor Marcellus Blount at the Agents of Change:
A Symposium in Honor of Marcellus Blount, inn Low Library, Rotunda and Faculty Room on Tuesday, March 26,
1:00-4:30 pm. The Committee on Equity and Diversity (CED) in Arts & Sciences will honor Professor Marcellus Blount
and his contributions as a renowed literary scholar. Speakers will include George Aumoithe, Sarah Cole, Zinga Fraser,
Farah Jasmine Griffin, Jack Halberstam, Ellie Hisama, Jean Howard, Dennis Mitchell, Robert O’Meally, Rebecca Pawel,
Richard Sacks, James Shapiro, Joseph Slaughter, Alan Stewart, Kendall Thomas, and Maya Tolstoy. This afternoon
symposium will recognize Professor Blount’s research, teaching, mentoring, and activism, and will feature a panel and a
roundtable. Lloyd Knight, Principal Dancer of the Martha Graham Dance Company, will perform at the event.
More information regarding Agents of Change: A Symposium in Honor of Marcellus Blount will be available at
https://fas.columbia.edu/home/diversity-arts-and-sciences. Agents of Change is sponsored by the Office of the Executive
Vice President of Arts & Sciences, the African American and African Diaspora Studies Department, the Department of English
and Comparative Literature, the Division of the Humanities, the Society of Fellows/Heyman Center for the Humanities,
the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, and the Center for Jazz Studies.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 1pm – 4:30pm
Low Memorial Library
535 West 116th Street
Faculty Room, Main Floor
New York, NY 10027
To access Faculty Room, enter the building via the main campus entrance.
Faculty Room is located directly beyond the Rotunda.
This event is free and open to everyone but registration is required. To register for this event please click HERE
Please contact Kristen Barnes, A&S Committee on Equity and Diversity, at kb2916@columbia.edu with inquiries regarding
Agents of Change: A Symposium in Honor of Marcellus Blount.