Fall 2023 Events
September 14, 2023
Samman Akbarzada
shares poetry from her book
A Glimmer in the Dark
Samman Akbarzada is an Afghan refugee in her early 20s and the author of two books. Her words capture the suffering, heartbreak, gratitude, and redemption that mark a life lived on the blade of conflict with love and empathy as her constant guiding light.
Join JMRL for a poetry reading and light refreshments featuring poet, Samman Akbarzada and UVA professor Bonnie Gordon of Cville Tulips.
Where: Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Central Branch
When: 7:00pm
September 22, 2023
Voice Machines:
Listening Within
The Sound Justice Lab presents a discussion of Bonnie Gordon’s new book, Voice Machines, an exploration of the castrato as a critical provocation to explore the relationships between sound, music, voice instrument, and machine.
Where: Old Cabell Hall, Room 107
When: 3:30 – 5:30pm followed by reception.
September 29, 2023
Independent Voices:
Community Journalism Workshop
This gathering brings together a group of journalists who work outside of the mainstream media. While they focus on different issues and work in different places, each shares a commitment to social justice and to making information accessible to local communities.
Where: Purcell Reading Room, University of Virginia School of Law
When: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Breakfast provided!
October 20, 2023
The Canonical and
the Banned
at
Book bans are proliferating throughout the United States, with state initiatives removing certain titles from schools, libraries, bookstores, and performance spaces. A panel of experts discuss book bans, focusing on their history, their legal status, their politics, and their functions.
What legal and social arrangements connect these forms of censorship? How do book bans relate to efforts to define a cultural canon?
Spring 2023 Events
Bad Milk Press Zine Workshop
Spring 2023 Classes
MUSI 3510: Sound Justice
With Professors Nomi Dave & Bonnie Gordon
Voice and Silence in Law & Literature
With Professor Anne Coughlin & Amy WoolardAesthetics of Undocumentedness
Symposium & Exhibit | January 27 - 28
Visible Records, Rotunda at UVA
Global Lunch Briefs
The Sound Justice Lab is organizing a series of lunch discussions around ongoing projects, including:
Book Banning in Virginia & BeyondThe Aesthetics of Undocumentedness Demystifying Dobbs Performance Theory and Sound Studies through a Black Feminist and Queer lens with Ashon Crawley The Sound Justice Lab is grateful to the Center for Global Inquiry & Innovation at UVA for sponsoring this lunch series.
Spring 2023 Gatherings:
February 5
February 19
March 5
March 19
April 2
April 16
April 30
May 14