#PopLife40
April 11 - April 13
#PopLife40
Join us for the #PopLife40 virtual symposium, celebrating 40 years of Prince’s Around The World In A Day, The Family, and Sheila E.’s Romance 1600 on April 11-13, 2025 (Fri-Sun)! Over 3 days, there will be 35+ speakers over 10 total sessions, featuring 13 presentations over 5 presentation panels, 3 roundtable discussions, and an integrated segment of the weekly What Did Prince Do This Week? on the conference platform, Zoom Events. Keynote speakers to be announced.
Speaker profiles and more info on the symposium website at: https://poplife.polishedsolid.com
Sponsored by NYU Office of the Provost, NYU Tandon, NYU Integrated Design & Media (IDM), NYU Institute of African American Affairs and the Center for Black Visual Culture (IAAA & CBVC), NYU Photography & Imaging (DPI), NYU Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (CSGS), NYU Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music (CDI), NYU Office of Global Inclusion (OGI), and NYU Liberal Studies.
#PopLife40 is the 9th polished solid Prince symposium and the 14th Prince event, curated by De Angela L. Duff!
The Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson is not affiliated, associated, or connected with the “Prince #PopLife40 Virtual Symposium,” nor has it endorsed or sponsored the “Prince #PopLife40 Virtual Symposium.” Further, the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson has not licensed any of its intellectual property to the producers, advertisers, or directors of “Prince #PopLife40 Virtual Symposium.”
This event is FREE, but please consider donating to the DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice, a 501(c) nonprofit that empowers and inspires youth living in underserved communities in NYC and its satellite MPLS to use tech and visual arts to promote social justice and become change makers in their communities. On Juneteenth 2024, DIVAS opened its first satellite office in South Minneapolis. The organization will launch a social justice makerspace designed by the community. To learn more about the DIVAS, watch this trailer and visit https://www.divasforsocialjustice.org.
Date: April 11-13th, 2025
Location: Virtual