Zora! 2025 Academic Conference

Thursday, January 30, 2025 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

This year marks the 36th annual ZORA! Festival and the start of a new five-year thematic cycle devoted to an exploration of “Place and Place-Making.” Our conference program aligns with Eatonville’s recent designation by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

Our three-day conference will explore these complex challenges facing Eatonville and other historic Black communities from a range of scholarly perspectives – History, Literature, Economics, Planning, Historic Preservation, Digital Humanities, etc. – with sessions designed to maximize community conversation and public participation.

View our full event program here! https://tinyurl.com/Zora25Program

Day 1: 10:00am - 4:30pm

Day 2: 10:00am - 4:30pm

St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal Church

549 E Kennedy Blvd, Eatonville, FL 32751

Or join us virtually in our Zoom webinars! Click here to register: tinyurl.com/Zora25web

Key humanities questions to be explored include:

  • How have scholars of Africa and its diaspora approached the study of Space/Place?
  • What is “place-making”? How does it intersect with the fields of planning and historic preservation?
  • What can endangered places, like Eatonville, teach us about sustainability and preservation in the 21st century?
  • How can data-driven approaches empower communities in transforming physical, social, and virtual landscapes?

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Locations:

St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal Church, Eatonville, FL [ View Website ]

This event occurs on multiple dates/times. This event takes place at these locations on this date.

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Date Location
January 30, 2025, 10 a.m. St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal Church, Eatonville, FL and Virtual
January 31, 2025, 10 a.m. St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal Church, Eatonville, FL and Virtual

Event Registration

Registration is encouraged.

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Contact:

UCF Department of History publichistory@ucf.edu

Calendar:

CAH Events

Category:

Academic

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Public History Conference UCF History history black history