Recent & Upcoming Talks

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Dr. Monica L. Miller, Jonathan McCrory, Dandy Wellington, and Lana Turner. Photo: Argenis Apolinario

Recent Talks

“Book Talk: Craze by Margaret Vandenburg

Lavender Literary Society. March 19, 2026.

“Pedagogy in Practice: Teaching Hurston Across the Disciplines

Barnard Center for Engaged Pedagogy and Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning. March 12, 2026.

“Wayward Mythography”: Zora Neale Hurston and Ancient Greece - A Conversation with Justine McConnell

Natalie Boymel Kampen Memorial Lecture. Co-moderated with Rosa Andújar. BCRW. New York, NY. March 10, 2026.

Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story

Moderated discussion with Kwame S. Brathwaite Jr. and Dr. Tanisha C. Ford. Mayles Documentary Center. New York, NY. February 26, 2026.

The Artist’s Collective

Hartford, CT. February 21, 2026.

“Art and Advocacy: The Shaping of American Consciousness Through Black Art”

2026 Paul Robeson Conference. Columbia University. New York, NY. February 20, 2026.

“The Literary, Fashion, and Race: the Grammar/Glamour of It All.”

2025-26 Columbia Undergraduate Scholars Program (CUSP) Distinguished Speakers Series. Columbia University. New York, NY. February 18, 2026.

“From the Margins to the Moodboard: The History of Black Aesthetics” at the Yale Black Solidarity Conference

Yale University. New Haven, CT. February 6, 2026.

ACORSO Study Day on “Museums x Academia”

ACORSO. Paris, France. December 3, 2025.

Celebrating Local Harlem Renaissance Artists: Tanya Birl-Torres & Monica L. Miller

Rialto Center for Creativity. Westfield, NJ. November 13, 2025.

Opening Address “No Flags in Your Pocket” at Black Europe: A Field on the Move

Columbia University Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race. New York, NY. November 12, 2025.

An Evening with Dapper Dan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY. October 3, 2025.

Caftan: Style as Liberation and Cultural Exchange

“Do Your Homework” presentation on the legacy of André Leon Talley and conversation with Tavia Nyong’o. Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory. New York, NY. September 28, 2025

“Starving for Beauty”: Superfine Stories on Screen

Curated film series and moderated discussions with director Stacey Holman and fashion advocate Bethann Hardison. Metrograph. New York, NY. September 20-21, 2025.