Invited Presentations and Lectures

“Mapping Afrofuturism: Understanding Contemporary Black Speculative Practice,” African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Broward County Libraries, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, November 9, 2023.

“Interventions in the Future Industry: Black Speculative Practice and a Pedagogy of Liberation,” Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) National Conference, Penn State University, October 20, 2023.

Afrofuturism and Digital Humanities: Some Considerations on the Digital Public Record and the Black Experience,” UT Humanities Center Distinguish Lecture, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, September 25, 2023.

“A Tale of Datacovery: The Black Experience and the Digital Public Record,” Northeastern University Humanities Center, Faculty Works in Progress Series, Northeastern University, April 12, 2023.

“What is Afrofuturism?: An Introduction,” CF International Film Festival, Virtual, February 28th, 2023.

“The Association for Documentary Editing Discussion Forum: ADE22 & Scholarly Editing Research Updates,” Virtual Presentation, ADE Forum, February 27th, 2023.

“Afrofantastic Presents: A World of Black Speculative Practice with Dr. Julian Chambliss,” Black History Month Celebration, Virtual Presentation, Lesley University, February 23, 2023.

“Honoring Black History Month: A Discussion of Afrofuturism, Sesame Shares DEI Speaker Series, Virtual Presentation, Sesame Workshop, February 22nd, 2023.

“Rethinking the Critical Afrofuturist Framework: Comics, Futurity, and Black Counterpublics,” Racial Reckoning Through Comics, Mellon Sawyer Seminar, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, University of Iowa, November 5th, 2022.


Transfiguration: Exploring the Dimension of Black Speculative Practice,” Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, September 22nd, 2022.

Discussant, “Afrofuturism and African Contemporary Creation,” World Conference on Education & Restitution, Association for African Universities, September 1st, 2022.

A Curator Conversation about Transfiguration: A Black Speculative Vision of Freedom, with Julian Chambliss and Chesya Burke,” The Hand Art Center, Stetson University, February 4th, 2022.

Recovering Black Speculative Space: The Legacy of Black Speculative Practice and Freedom in Eatonville, Florida,” Terrestrial Space Panel, Claiming Space Symposium, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, January 28th, 2022.

“Making Sense of Graphic Literature: Comics as Data North America (CaDNA) and Building a Wikidata Culture,” Wikimedia Wednesday, British Library, November 3, 2021.

“Mapping the Black Imaginary: Some Consideration on the Black Superhero, Detroit, and the Black Fantastic,” University of Detroit Mercy, October 14, 2021.

“Afrofantastic: Seeing the Impact of Black Speculation and Liberation in American Culture,” Conversations with CAL, Michigan State University, September 23, 2021.

“Tracing the Black Future Industry: Defining Progress and Innovation in Early Afrofuturism,” VII Zverev International Biennial Conference on American Studies, May 13, 2021.

A Question of Power and Glory: The American Psyche and Superheroes,” MSU Alumni Office, Coffee with the Profs, March 15, 2021.

Super Science: The Legacy of Science in Superhero Comics,” The Great Lake Lecture Series, Michigan State University, March 11, 2021.

Culture of Care in Spider-Man’s Multiverse,” VT Department of Religion & Culture Webinar Series, Virginia Tech, January 21, 2021.

“Recovering Black Space: Public Space and Knowledge Creation in the New South,” The University of Texas at Dallas, School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication Dean’s Colloquium, October 30, 2020.

“The Black Imaginary and the Search for a Sustainable Community,” Convergence: College of Arts and Architecture Sustainability Symposium, Keynote Presentation, Online, October 19, 2020.

“The Power of the Black Imaginary,” Michigan History Conference, Michigan Historical Society, Lansing, MI, October 3, 2020.

Curator Chat with Julian Chambliss,” Curator Chat hosted by Amy Galpin, Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, August 12, 2020.

Understanding Afrofuturism and the Promise of the Black Imaginary,” Chew on This! Ford Design Presentation, Virtual Presentation, August 6th, 2020.


White Myths, Black Lives: The Roots of Racial Oppression in Modern America,” The Holocaust Center of Florida, Virtual Presentation, June 26, 2020.

Imagining Freedom: Black Community and Creating Place,” Hannibal Square Community Land Trust Juneteenth Celebration Event, Virtual Presentation, June 19, 2020.

Visualizing Comic Book City Data,” Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March 12, 2020.

Mapping Comic Book Imaginaries: Exploring Landscapes of Comic Practice,” Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March 11, 2020.

“Icons of Memory: Superheroes in an Asymmetrical World,” Dalton State College, Dalton, GA, February 25, 2020.

Archiving the City in Comics,” MSU Broad Gymnasium Series, Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, February 18, 2020.

Mapping a Comic Imaginary,” University Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Sponsored by Center for Interdisciplinarity, MSU Library, February 14, 2020.

“Placemaking: The Role of the Black Imaginary,” World Conference of Mayors Quarterly Board Meeting and Historic Black Towns and Settlements Alliance, Inc. (HBTSA), First Annual African American/African Cultural Heritage Tourism Conference, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, October 5th-8th, 2019.

Mapping the Black Imaginary: Race, Space, and Power,” Bodies, Justice, Futures: The 9th Annual University of Kansas Digital Humanities Forum, University of Kansas, October 3rd-4th, 2019.

“Cities Imagined: The Search for Black Future Industry,” Afrofuturist Design: from Ancient Dogon to Wakandan Future Exhibition Opening, Monmouth University, September 6, 2019.

“Teaching the Long Civil Rights Movement” Teaching Workshop, Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association Meeting, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, July 14, 2019.

Black Property and Citizenship: A Case Study of Black Imaginaries and Geographies in Central Florida,” Juneteenth Celebration Event sponsored by Hannibal Square Community Land Trust, Winter Park, Florida, June 14, 2019.

“Legacies of Lynching: The Odyssey of Oscar Mack,” From Segregation to Black Lives Matter: An African American Oral History Symposium sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, March21st-23rd, 2019.

“Making History: Podcasts as Digital Humanities Projects,” DH@MSU Colloquium, Digital Scholarship Lab, Michigan State University, February 28, 2019.

“Mapping the Black Comic Imaginary,” a presentation for The HistoryMakers Education Advisory Board, Arlington, VA, February 4, 2019.

“The Value of Black Digital Humanities,” a presentation for The HBCU/HBTSA Summit, Call and Response: Cultivating Partnerships Between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Historical Black Towns and Settlements Alliance (HBTSA) Grant, Michelle B. Robinson, Spelman College (PI), Zora Neale Hurston Festival of Art and Humanities, Orlando, Florida, January 31st, 2019.

“Heritage, Erasure and Recovery: Housing and the Black Experience Keynote Address,” Florida Fair Housing and Community Development Summit 2018, Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel, Orlando, Florida, November 1st & 2nd, 2018.

The Evolution of the Dream: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Comic Imaginary Keynote Address,” Pulp Culture Comic Arts Festival and Symposium, Folklore: Fairy Tales, Monsters, and Mythology, University of Vermont, October 26th & 27th, 2018.

“Building Community and Citizenship: Hannibal Square & Biracial Politics in Post-Reconstruction Florida, Suburban Erasure in Global Context Symposium, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, April 6, 2018.

Security and Identity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” Psychology Speaker Forum, Valencia College, East Campus, Orlando, Florida, March 29, 2018.

The Many Deaths of Truth: Race, Memory, and the Fate of Oscar Mack,” Psychology Speaker Forum, Valencia College, East Campus, Orlando, Florida, March 29, 2018.

Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men,” Joseph L. Brechner Speaker Series, Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida, March 11, 2018.

“The Problem of the Cinematic Superhero: Everything Changes, But We Must Stay the Same,”  Nerd Nite Orlando: 5th Anniversary Event, Orlando Science Center, Orlando, Florida,  March 8, 2018.

“A Revision of History in Winter Park: Space, Place, and Identity,” Bridging the Color Divide: Shared Faith, Shared History, Winter Park Community Center, Winter Park, Florida, February 24, 2018.

“We Are Wakanda Roundtable: Julian C. Chambliss, Enrique Garcia, Susana Morris and Stacey Robinson,” 11th Annual African-American Symposium: Black and Brown Futures, University of Texas at San Antonio, February 22nd-23rd, 2018.

The Many Black Panthers: Building the Saga of Black Panther from Print to Film,” Orlando Main Library, Orlando, FL, February 10, 2018.

“Differential Powers in the African Diaspora Panel,” 6th Annual Black Comic Book Festival, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, New York, NY, January 13, 2018.

“The Philosophy of Comic Culture: How Comics Speak to Modern Life and the Human Condition,” Beacon College Salon Series, Beacon College, Leesburg, Florida, December 6, 2017.

“My Mind is My Power: Comics, Science and American Society,” Science Night Live, Orlando Science Center, Orlando, Florida, August 19, 2017.

Recovering Black Community Space: Hannibal Square and the Black Social World in Central Florida,” Humanizing Data: Data, Humanities, and the City, Urban Democracy Lab (@urbandemos), New York University, New York, NY, April 8, 2017.

“Pride, Power, and Protest?: Luke Cage and the Black Superhero Question,” Chickasaw Branch Library, Orlando, Florida, February 25, 2017.

A Hybrid Graphic Space: Thematic Explorations of Digital History Practice,” Digital Humanities Working Group, Smathers Library, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, February 23, 2017.

“Black Panther: This World Wakanda,” Eatonville Library, Eatonville, Florida, February 15, 2017.

Exploring the Black Social World in Central Florida: Visions of Diaspora in Beyond the Color Line,” Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida, February 7, 2017.

“A Black Social World: Florida and the African-American Experience,” Cape Canaveral Public Library, Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 4, 2017.
 
“AfroFantastic: Black Imagination and Agency in the United States Gallery Talk,” Cornell Fine Art Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, January 27, 2017.

“Establishing Your Personal Brand,” Orange County Library, Orlando, Florida November 6, 2016.

“Hannibal Square: The Evolution of a Dream,” Sponsored by the Casa Feliz Home Museum, Winter Park Historical Association, Hannibal Square Heritage Center, Winter Park Community Center, Winter Park, Florida, April 26, 2016.

“Amplification and Simplification: The philanthropic narrative in superhero comics,” Edyth Bush Institute, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, April 21, 2016.

“Gender and Comics,” Superheroes: The Colors of Justice -- Diversity in Comics Symposium, University of Michigan Detroit Center, Detroit, Michigan, March 12, 2016.

"Molly Danger" African American Read-In, Downtown Library, Orlando, Florida, February 21, 2016"

A World in Black and White,” James Weldon Johnson Lecture Series, Africana Studies Program, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, February 18, 2016.

“Afrofantastic: Imagination and African-American Freedom,” Main Library, Orlando, Florida, February 13, 2016. 

“African Americans in the New South,” West Oaks Branch, Orlando, Florida, February 7, 2016.

“African Americans in the West,” Washington Park Library, Orlando, Florida, February 4, 2016.

“Zora Neale Hurston and Afrofuturism: The Legacy of Future Tension in the Black Imaginary,” The Encounter: Baalu Girma and Zora Neale Hurston Installation, UCF Art Gallery, Orlando, Florida, January 15, 2016.

“Race, Space, and Power,” 2015 Fall National High School Journalism Convention, Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort Hotel, November 13, 2015.

“Heroic Icons” Washington Park Branch Library, Orlando, Florida, July 23, 2015.

“What Comes from Wakanda?” Orlando Main Library, Orlando, Florida, July 11, 2015.

“Member Monday with Future Bear,” Orlando Science Center, Orlando Florida, June 8, 2015.

“Straight Talk: All Lives Matter: A Discussion of Contemporary Race Issues,” Orange Country Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida, May 2, 2015.

“African-Americans and the Popular Imagination,” Jazz in the Hills: From Pine Hills to Paris, Greater Orlando CARES, Soiree Event and Conference Center, Orlando, Florida, April 30, 2015.

Future Bear Mission Book Panel,” MegaCon 2015, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, April 10, 2015.

“Questions of Leadership and Community: An Exploration of a Pro-Social Messages in Comic Media,” Youth Empowerment and Leadership Learning Organization (YELL), Orlando, March 7, 2015.

African Americans and the West,” Hiawassee Branch Library, Orlando, Florida, February 19, 2015.

“African Americans in the New South,” Main Library, Orlando, Florida, February 7, 2015.

"Gone with the Wind Reel to Real Straight Talk: A reel to real discussion about Gone with the Wind and it Influence on Popular Culture Panel,” Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando, Florida, September 13, 2014.

"White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books Panel," 2014 Comic-Coon International Independent Film Festival, 2014 Comic-Con International: San Diego, San Diego, California, July 25, 2014.

Julian C. Chambliss, Lee Lines, and Rachel Simmons, "Interdisciplinary Collaborations," Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, May 6, 2014.

“Captain America: An Avenger for All Seasons,” Seminole State College, Oviedo Campus, Oveido, Florida, April 3, 2014.

“African Americans in the New South,” West Oak Branch Library, Oocee, Florida, February 15, 2014.

“Black in the Popular Mind,” Orlando Main Library, Orlando, Florida, February 8, 2014.

“Zora Neale Hurston: Digital Humanities / Virtual Reality,” The 25th Annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, Eatonville, Florida, January 30th & February 1st 2014.

“Eatonville Primary Sources: A Roundtable Discussion of History, Culture, and Identity,” The 25th Annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, Eatonville, Florida, January 25th & 29th 2014.

Exploring African American Communities Through the Art of Purvis Young,” Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, Winter Park, Florida, January 24, 2014.

Superheroes and You,” Orlando Main Library, Orlando, Florida, December 11, 2013.

“Walking in Eternity: Monsters, Symbols, and Myths in Doctor Who,” Whostock: 50 Years of Time and Space, Winter Park Public Library, Winter Park, Florida, November 16, 2013.

“Superheroes and the American Experience,” An Evening at Rollins Sponsored by the Center for Life Long Learning, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, June 27, 2013.

Rachel Simmons and Julian C. Chambliss, Future Bear, Past Imperfect #1, “Telarian” Curated by Marjorie Vecchio, PhD, Columbus State University, Corn Center for the Visual Arts (via Skype), January 29, 2013.

“Black in the Popular Mind,” History 203: The US: The Nation Divided, 1836-1876?, Wheaton College (via Skype), January 29, 2013.

“Pride, Power, and Protest?: Marvel Comics and the Black Superhero after 1970,” The Black Comic Book Festival, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY, January 12th 2013.

White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books, (Screening and Q&A with Jonathan Gayles presented by the Jacksonville Main Library, Jacksonville, FloridaSeptember 22, 2012)

“A Terrible Privilege: The Invincible Iron Man, Science, Industry, and the American Experience,” Physic Society Colloquium, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida, September 21, 2012.

Benjamin D. Brotemarkle, Executive Director, Florida Historical Society; Robert Cassanello, Assistant Professor of History, University of Central Florida; Julian C. Chambliss, Associate Professor of History & Coordinator of the Africa and African-American Studies Program, Rollins College; and N.Y. Nathiri, Executive Director of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community,  “Eatonville’s Story: The Town That Freedom Built,” Roundtable Discussion, Florida Historical Society Annual Meeting& Symposium: Tides of Change: Diverse Florida Communities and Their Development, Hyatt Regency, Tampa, Florida, May 24th-26th 2012.

Julian Chambliss and Rachel Simmons, “Future Bear Exhibition,” Sequential SmArt: Teaching With Comics Conference, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, May 18th and 19th 2012.

“A Forgotten Legacy: Race, Community, and Identity in Winter Park,” Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Rollins College, April 14, 2012.

A Sign of the Times: Rollins and the Black Student Union,” Black Student Union: Remembering the Past, Celebrating the Present, and Looking to the Future, Rollins College Reunion 2012, March 24, 2012.

“Rebuilding the Empire: Understanding Doctor Who in a Transnational Framework,” Introduction to Television, School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Bath Spa University, March 16th, 2012.

“Reform and the Rise of America as a Great Power,” Florida Center For Teacher Workshop, “The Gilded Age and the Reform Era: Themes, People, and Places,” Florida Humanities Council Teachers Program, Tampa, FL, February 8, 2012

Julian C. Chambliss, Associate Professor of History, Rollins College; David Court, Independent Artist and Writer; Creston Davis, Assistance Professor Philosophy & Religion, Rollins College; Ted Gournelos, Assistant Professor, Critical Media/Cultural Studies, Rollins College; Leigh-Ann Pahapill, Artist; Dawn Roe, Assistant Professor of Art, Rollins College; and Lisa Zahar, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art History, University of Chicago, Likewise, as Technical Experts, But Not (At All) by Way of Culture Panel Discussion, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, January 28th.

Benjamin D. Brotemarkle, Executive Director, Florida Historical Society; Robert Cassanello, Assistant Professor of History, University of Central Florida; Julian C. Chambliss, Associate Professor of History & Coordinator of the Africa and African-American Studies Program, Rollins College; and N.Y. Nathiri, Executive Director of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, “Eatonville’s Story: The Town That Freedom Built,” Roundtable Discussion, 23rd Annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, St. Lawrence AME Church, Eatonville, Florida, January 21st.

The Public Welfare Schism in U.S. Planning,” Urban ReThink, ReThinking the City Lecture Series, Orlando, Florida, June 28th 2011.

“The City On the Edge: Blade Runner and the Urban Future,” Invited Lecture, CLAS 3930: Classics and Science Fiction, Department of Classics, University of Florida, October 26th 2010.

Iron Man, Corporatism, and American Military Defense,” The Center for Interdisciplinary Writing and Research (CIWR), Daytona State College, September 24, 2010.

Julian C. Chambliss and Denise K. Cummings, “The Dream Deferred: Iconic Memory and the Consumer Experience in Post-war Florida,” Winter Park Historical Association, Winter Park, FL, April 20th, 2010.

“Black Heroes and Black Power: The Problem of Representation in American Media,” Seventh Annual Moore Heritage Festival of the Arts and Humanities, Brevard Community College, Titusville, FL, April 15th, 2010.

“Black Power in More Ways Than One: Black Superheroes, the Market, and Marvel Comics,” America on the Decline? Integrating International Business into the Curriculum, A Symposium sponsored by The Center for International Education and Research at the University of Florida and the Center for Interdisciplinary Writing and Research at Daytona State College, November 6th 2009, Daytona State College.

 

Conference Presentations:

“Mapping the Black Comic Imaginary: The Gunhawks, Black Goliath, and Racial Retrenchment in Marvel Comics,” 2019 Comics Study Society Meeting, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, July 25-27th, 2019.

“The Legacy of Oscar Mack: Memory, Community, and Recovery,” Humanities Commons Twitter Conference (#HCTwitterConf19), Twitter, July 18, 2019, https://twitter.com/i/moments/1152615310945587201

“Advocate Recovered: Exploring a Black Counterpublic,” Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association (ANZASA) Meeting, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, July 15, 2019.

Make the World: Digital Humanities, Identity, and New Civic Narratives,” Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Conference, University of British Columbia on Unceded Musqueam Territory, Vancouver BC, Canada, May 16th-19th, 2019.

“Political Economy in the Franchise Era Roundtable: Stina Attebery (UC Riverside), Garry Canavan (Marquette University), Julian Chambliss ( Michigan State University), and Steven Shaviro (Wayne State University),” The 40th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, Florida, March 13th-16th, 2019.

“The Decolonized Marvel Cinematic Universe,” The 40th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, Florida, March 13th-16th, 2019.

“A Black Social World: Recovering African American Community Life through Generative Digital Practice,” African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities (AADHUM), Intentionally Digital Intentionally Black Conference, University of Maryland, October 18th-20th 2018.

“Reclaiming Community: Generative History Projects and the Black Community,” Network Detroit 2018, Wayne State University, September 21, 2018.

“A Hero Like Any Other?: The Ideology of Blackness in Jack Kirby’s Black Panther” 11th Annual Comics and Popular Art Conference at Dragon-Con, Atlanta, GA, August 30th- September 3, 2018.

“Building Cultural Knowledge: The Pathway Toward Community-Based Teaching and Learning Between Rollins College and Eatonville, Florida, The Developing A Cultural Heritage Tourism Event: The Zora Neale Hurston Festival Workshop, Black Communities Conference: A Conference for Collaboration, The Carolina Theater, Durham NC, April 23-25th, 2018.

Advocating for a New Life: The Winter Park Advocate and the Black Experience in Winter Park, Florida, 2018 Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, April 12th-14th, 2018.

Julian C. Chambliss (Rollins College), Scot French (UCF), Nancy Decker (Rollins), Amy Parziale (Rollins), Daniel Myers (Rollins), Rachel Walton (Rollins), Caroline Cheong (UCF), Tiffany Early-Spadoni (UCF), Amanda Snyder (UCF), Lori Walters (UCF), “Digital Literacy and Collaborative Learning Lightning Round,” THATCamp Florida 2018, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, February 24, 2018.

Julian Chambliss (Rollins College), Alan Bliss (Jacksonville Historical Society), Jesse Hingson (Jacksonville University), Connie Lester (University of Central Florida), Southern Academic Community for the Digital Humanities: An Exploration of Digital Humanities in the Region,” 58th Florida Conference of Historians, Tallahassee, Florida, February 15th-17th, 2018.

“Agency and Culture in the Winter Park Advocate,” 58th Florida Conference of Historians, Tallahassee, Florida, February 15th-17th, 2018.

Amy Sugar, Julian Chambliss and Shree Raj Shrestha, “MARA: Mobile Academic Research Application, Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Conference, Orlando, Florida, November 3rd-4th 2017.

Hélène Huet, Leah Rosenberg, Laurie Taylor, Lauren Coats, Corrie Claiborne, Julian Chambliss, Laura Mandell, Emma Wilson, Jim Casey, Emily McGinn, Mike Gavin, Cliff Anderson, Justin Hosbey, and Daniel Genkins,  “Southeastern Academic Community for the Digital Humanities,” Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Conference, Orlando, Florida, November 3rd-4th 2017.

Poushali Bhadury, Julian Chambliss, Hélène Huet, Brian Keith, Laurie Taylor and Kalle Westerling, “Case Studies and Business Plan Development Workshop on Strategies for Creating a Program for Paid Student Internships/ Assistantships in the Digital Humanities,” Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Conference, Orlando, Florida, November 3rd-4th 2017.

Hannibal Square: Reconstructing Community Using Digital History,” 17th National Conference on Planning History, Society for American City and Regional Planning History, Cleveland, OH, Oct 26-29th 2017.

“Redevelopment and Race: A Historical Perspective on Underserved Communities Experience,” 2017 Florida Redevelopment Association Meeting, Daytona Beach, FL, October 19, 2017.

A Different Nation: Black Panther and the Struggle for Diversity,” 10th Annual Comics and Popular Art Conference at Dragon-Con, Atlanta, GA, August 31st-Sept 4th, 2017.

Advocate Recovered: Reclaiming a Lost African-American Newspaper,” 57th Annual Florida Conference of Historians, Punta Gorda, Florida, March 10th-12th 2017.

“Transforming Winter Park’s Hannibal Square: Race and Class in Gilded Age Florida,” 131st Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Denver, Colorado, January 5th-8th 2017.

“Paradise Lost: Race, Community, and the New South Florida Economy,” 2016 Urban History Association Meeting, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, October 13th-16th 2016.

“Exploring the Community: Developing a Mobile Academic Research Application,” 56th Annual Florida Conference of Historian, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, February 18th-20th, 2016.

“Advocated Recovered: Reviving an African American Voice,” 2016 THAT (The Humanities and Technology) Camp Florida, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, February 18, 2016.

Julian C. Chambliss, Lloyd Benson, Camilio Garzon, Andy Gurka, Amy Howard, and L. Ryan Musgrave, “The Liberal Arts Mind: Tool for the 21st Century & Global Context,” 2016 Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 20th-24th 2016.

“Mobile Academic Research Application (MARA),” 130th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 7th-9th, 2016.

“Race and Place in Hannibal Square,” 16th National Conference of the Society for American City and Regional Planning History, Los Angeles, California, November 5th-8th, 2015.

The Comic Book City: The Making, Re-Making, and Un-Making of the American City,” 100th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Atlanta, Georgia, September 23rd-27th, 2015. 

Julian C. Chambliss and Michael Gunter, Jr., “Space, Place, and Digital Tools: Creating A Semester Long Digital Assignment,” 55th Annual Meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida, February 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2015.

“A Complex Legacy: Planning, Community, and Identity in Central Florida,” Seventh Biennial Urban History Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, October 9th – October 12th, 2014.

“ThirdSight History: Visualizing and Mapping History,” THAT (The Humanities and Technology) Camp Florida, Sponsored by The Regional Initiative for Collecting the History, Experiences and Stories of Central Florida (RICHES)_University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, February 15th & 16th 2014.

“A Civil Right Roundtable: Commentary and Screening,” 54th Annual Meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians, Renaissance Resort and Convention Center, St. Augustine, Florida, January 31st –February 1st, 2014.

“A Blended Space: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Diversification in Project Mosaic,”128th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Washington, DC. January 2nd-5th.

Julian C. Chambliss, Rachel Simmons, and Lee Lines, “Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Two Models for Creating Engaging Art,” 27th Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and The Education of Artists, The Roosevelt Hotel, New York City, October 16th-18th 2013.

“Complex Legacies in Black and White: Planning, Community, and Identity in Winter Park,” 98th Annual Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Jacksonville, Florida, October 2nd-6th 2013.

The Whovian Evolution: Doctor Who, Fandom, and the Anglo-American Experience,” Doctor Who: Walking in Eternity 50th Anniversary Conference, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire (UK), September 3rd-5th 2013.

Greg Cavenaugh and Julian C. Chambliss, “The Saga of the Dark Phoenix: Gender, Power, and Identity in the X-Men,” 53rd Annual Florida Conference of Historians, New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida, March 1st-2nd 2013.

“In a Mirror Darkly: The Black Superhero and the Struggle for Justice in Marvel Comics, 1970s-1985,” The Heist: Community, Identity, and Meaning in the New Millennium, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, February 19th, 2013.

“Mobile Application For Humanities Research,” THAT (The Humanities and Technology) Camp Florida, Sponsored by the Regional Initiative for Collecting the History, Experiences and Stories of Central Florida (RICHES)_University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, February 16th & 17th 2013.

“A Terrible Privilege: The Invincible Iron Man and the Burden of Hegemonic Power,” The Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association in the South Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, September 27th, 28th and 29th 2012.

Julian Chambliss and Martha Cheng, “The 1909 Plan of Chicago as Representative Anecdote: Envisioning Citizenship at the Turn of the Century,” 15th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th 2012.

Superhero Comics: Artifacts of the U.S. Experience,” Sequential SmArt: Teaching With Comics Conference, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, May 18th and 19th 2012.

“Project Mosaic: Zora Neale Hurston and African-American Studies in the Digital Age,” NITLE Symposium: Inventing the Future, Arlington, Virginia, April 16th and 17th 2012.

A Good Man in a Questionable Empire: Doctor Who and the Anglo-American Experience,” The 33rd International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, Florida, March 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th 2012.

Gregory Cavenaugh and Julian Chambliss, “The Darkness in the ‘Dark Phoenix Saga’: Gender, Power, and Identity in the X-Men,” The 33rd International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, Florida, March 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th 2012.

Where is the Black Panther From?: Wakanda and the Question of Postcolonialism in Marvel Comics,Florida Conference of Historians Annual Conference, Florida Gateway College, Lake City, Florida, February 23rd, 24th, and 25th 2012.

“Mobile Application For Humanities Research,” THAT (The Humanities and Technology) Camp Florida, Regional Initiative for Collecting the History, Experiences and Stories of Central Florida (RICHES)_University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, February 18th & 19th 2012.

Julian C. Chambliss and Martha Cheng, “The Plan of Chicago: Envision Citizenship at the Turn of the Century,” Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October 21st and 22nd 2011.

Re-Building the Empire: Doctor Who, Post-war British Identity, and the U.S. Experience,” Alien Nation: A Conference on British Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Television, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, July 20th and 21st 2011.

“Africa and African-American Studies in the Digital Age: Project Mosaic and Zora Neale Hurston,” Florida Conference of Historians Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th 2011.

“After Chicago: The Comprehensive Plan, Atlanta, and Remaking the Southern City,” Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill, November 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st 2010.

“Historicizing Community: History, Culture, and Community Vitality,” Association for Graduate Liberal Studies Program(AGLSP) Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, October, 7th, 8th, and 9th 2010.

“Beautiful America: The American Civic Association and the Push for Conservation,” Agricultural History Society Meeting, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, June 10th, 11th, 12th 2010.

“Teaching Race Through International Fantasy and Science Fiction,” Jennifer Rea, Department of Classic, University of Florida; M. Elizabeth Ginway, Department of Spanish, University of Florida; Julian Chambliss, Department of History, Rollins College; William Svitavsky, Olin Library, Rollins College; J. Scott Perry, Department of History, University of South Florida, Kostas Kapparis, Department of Classic, University of Florida, The 31st International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, March 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th 2010.

“Imagined Power: Superheroes and the American Experience,” A symposium sponsored by the Africa and African-American Studies Program at Rollins College Florida.  Presenters: Julian Chambliss, Department of History, Rollins College; Jon Donovan, Department of History, United States Air Force Academy; Claire Jenkins, Department of Film and Television Studies, Warwick University at Coventry, UK; William Svitavsky, Olin Library, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL March 19th, 2010.

“Making Weapons Right: Tony Stark/Iron Man and the Cold War in Marvel Comics,” Florida Conference of Historians, Wakulla Spring Lodge, February 18th, 19th, and 20th 2010.

“Forward Atlanta: Planning and Civic Activism in the New South,” Social Science History Association, Long Beach, CA November 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th 2009.

“Shaping the Civic Ideal: The Struggle for Municipal Identity in Chicago, 1909-1920,” Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL October 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th 2008.