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This month, SMR member Lydia Bangura presented her paper, “The Sound of Black Sisterhood: A Womanist Analysis of Florence Price’s Fantasie Nègre,” at conferences at both the University of Toronto and the University of Kansas—an exciting feat for a first-year...

On March 8, SMR member Alyssa Wells successfully defended her dissertation, “Falling Out of Step: Belonging, Grit, and Drum Corps International’s Moment of Reckoning,” before a Zoom room packed with captivated attendees. Congratulations on this achievement, Alyssa! Please see below...

SMR Forum recently hosted an abstract workshop to prepare for the many upcoming conference deadlines. Participants exchanged drafts of their abstracts for critique, receiving helpful feedback and guidance from their peers. The 2022 conference season promises to be a busy...

To celebrate and unwind in the last few weeks of the semester, SMR members gathered to watch Christmas at the Plaza, a Hallmark movie about an archival historian working with a decorator to create a Christmas exhibit at the Plaza...

On November 20th, SMR members gathered via Zoom to participate in a Pre-Candidate Abstract Writing Workshop, hosted by SMR Forum. Senior SMR members shared previously-accepted abstracts and gave advice on organization, writing effectively in 250 words, the art of tailoring...