Day 3: Frances E. W. Harper 200: Looking Back, Moving Forward Symposium

As part of its year-long programming, the Center for Black Digital Research, joined by Penn State’s Africana Research Center, will convene an in-person symposium on the week of her two-hundredth birthday, Friday, September 19–Sunday, September 21, 2025. The symposium’s theme, “Frances E.W. Harper 200: Looking Back, Moving Forward,” evokes her kinetic activism and extraordinary creativity
Day 2: Frances E. W. Harper 200: Looking Back, Moving Forward Symposium

As part of its year-long programming, the Center for Black Digital Research, joined by Penn State’s Africana Research Center, will convene an in-person symposium on the week of her two-hundredth birthday, Friday, September 19–Sunday, September 21, 2025. The symposium’s theme, “Frances E.W. Harper 200: Looking Back, Moving Forward,” evokes her kinetic activism and extraordinary creativity
Day 1: Frances E. W. Harper 200: Looking Back, Moving Forward Symposium

As part of its year-long programming, the Center for Black Digital Research, joined by Penn State’s Africana Research Center, will convene an in-person symposium on the week of her two-hundredth birthday Friday, September 19–Sunday, September 21, 2025. The symposium’s theme, “Frances E.W. Harper 200: Looking Back, Moving Forward,” evokes her kinetic activism and extraordinary creativity