The Departures and Definitions of Afro-Latino and Afro-Latin American Identity in the New Millennium conference site is now online!
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Call for Papers
Inter-Disciplinary Conference on Work in Progress on the African Diaspora
Deadline: May 1, 2006

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The IRADAC MISSION

The Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean, commonly referred to by its acronym IRADAC, was founded by the City College (CCNY) and the Graduate Center (GC) of the City University of New York to strengthen the University's capacity to address the African presence in the Americas through scholarly research and public programs for the betterment of the lay public as well as the academic community. Our mission is to foster understanding and critical interpretation of the history, development, conditions, status and cultures of diverse peoples of African descent living in the various societies of the Western Hemisphere. The institute's primary focus on the black experience in Canada and the United States, Central and South America, and the Caribbean does not preclude any region of the African Diaspora from the scope of its multidisciplinary scholarship and public programs.

As a component of our mission, the Institute will develop and facilitate the creation of a community of independent scholars at the City University of New York interested in the study of the African Diaspora. In addition, the Institute will constitute and maintain a University-wide network of African Diaspora Studies departments, programs, centers and other entities. The Institute will inform and influence the for formulation of public and academic policy, particularly with respect to education, through it research initiatives, and public programs.