The Division of Social Sciences is hosting a major conference at UCSB, “Archives Unbound: 50 Years of Hope, Resistance and Rebellion.”  This three day, in-person conference seeks to honor, engage, and extend the work of Cedric and Elizabeth Robinson and to inaugurate the gift of the Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive to UCSB.  The conference will be held on Thursday, May 30 - Sunday, June 2, 2024, on the UCSB campus, and will feature distinguished speakers such as Angela Davis, Gina Dent, Robin D.G. Kelley, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Shana Redmond, Avery Gordon, Erica Edwards, H.L.T. Quan, Carol Boyce Davies, Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Arun Kundnani, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, Moon-Ho Jung, Chris McCauley, Sherene Seikaly and more.  For all conference information, including the program, panels, speakers, and travel and registration, please visit the conference website here. 

Make a donation here to the Cedric J. & Elizabeth P. Robinson Archival Project to support the graduate student researchers, travel grants for scholars to use the archives, funding to faculty for course development, faculty coordinator, staff support, research grants, grants to community partners, and a biannual symposium.