Beyoncé Makes History: Formidable Black Feminist Sound & Vision

Beyoncé Makes History: Formidable Black Feminist Sound & Vision

A two-day symposium featuring leading scholars, journalists, musicians, and filmmakers who have shaped her body of work and the critical conversations around it.

Thursday, April 17th
7PM | Loria Center, Room 351
Making Lemonade with filmmaker Kahlil Joseph
Director’s Cut screening of Lemonade plus rare material and clips from BLKNEWS:Terms & Conditions (2025), Kahlil Joseph’s new film co-written by Joseph, Saidiya Hartman & Irvin Hunt

Friday, April 18th
10AM-8PM | Humanities Quadrangle (HQ), Room L01
“I Was Born Free”: Beyoncé, Black Feminisms & Popular Music Culture in the 21st Century

• Big Freedia (The Queen of NOLA Bounce)
• Kevin Aviance (Drag Queen & Ballroom Legend)
• Alice Randall (Songwriter & Author, My Black Country)
• Rissi Palmer (Pioneering Country Recording Artist)

Free and open the public with RSVP. Space is limited.

Host or Publisher Black Sound & the Archive Working Group