On April 11-13, 2024, the Institute for Signifying Scriptures will be hosting a special annual meeting to commemorate two momentous occasions: The 20th Anniversary of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures and the 25th Anniversary of the African Americans and the Bible Project. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be highlighting some media to help you get excited about the meeting. I hope you’ll join us in Atlanta. I believe there will be a virtual element, but be there with us live and in technicolor if you can.
In 2014, the Institute for Signifying Scriptures became an independent organization. An outgrowth of the work of the African Americans and the Bible project and the ISS at Claremont Graduate Unviersity, the independent ISS became, among other things, a nimble gathering that took the work of ISS on the road. The high-level seminar meetings became coupled to site visits, museum exhibitions, and engagement of public servants and timely issues. It was a risky move that brought a boldness to the “excavat[ion of] discourse and power.”
Get a glimpse of this most recent era below.
The circle of ISS has grown over the years. I had the pleasure of sharing the podcast space with friends and colleauges Arthur Carter and Rachel Schwaller. I learned a lot from both of them as scholars who found the work of ISS compelling without doing their graduate work under the auspices of the Institute. Their astute scholarship makes for better classrooms, instiutions, and research projects that inspires me.
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