Eric Glover (Yale University) and Michelle Cowin Gibbs (CSULB)  invite participants for a working group that takes stock of Zora Neale Hurston’s legacy and impact as a vital yet still underexamined repertoire in theatre, dance, and performance studies. 
In conversation with the conference theme’s attention to retrospection and futurity, the group considers how Hurston’s work and that of her successors has been adapted, staged, studied, and taught, while asking what remains unfinished, underdeveloped, and newly possible. 

The working group emphasizes sustained, collaborative engagement: participants circulate papers in advance and engage in generative discussion rather than one-off presentations. Select papers will be considered for a special issue of ⁠the Black Theatre Review, a peer-reviewed journal of the Black Theatre Network.

 
Submit a 500-word (or less) abstract and brief bio no later than May 4, 2026, using the link below:
https://site.pheedloop.com/portal/event/EVEKPLXJIKADW/submission/CALXJN5...

Full session description is:
https://site.pheedloop.com/event/astr2026/sessions/SESQXIOQT4T6GHPQH

ASTR will be in-person in Minneapolis, MN November 12 - 15, 2026.