Archive as Ceremony: A Symposium

Archive as Ceremony: A Symposium
The archive of novelist, essayist, philosopher, and scholar Sylvia Wynter was acquired by the John Hope Franklin Research Center in 2018 and will be opened to the public in March 2026. The "Archive as Ceremony" symposium will be convened on Tuesday, March 3 from 9am-4:30pm in the Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room, Rubenstein Library 153.

Panels featuring archivists, graduate students, and noted Wynter scholars will reflect on the scholarship and legacy of this trailblazing intellectual and the papers that will be accessible to researchers.

Free and open to the public, meals and refreshments will be served

Co-sponsored by the John Hope Franklin Research Center, Department of Romance Studies, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.