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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2006 Departures and Definitions of Afro-Latino and Afro-Latin American Identity in the New Millennium Conference More information on this conference
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2003-2004
Faculty Development Seminars “Africana Studies in the New Millenium”
is a continuation of the series started in the spring. Open to
anyone teaching Africana Studies-related courses at CUNY, the
goal of the workshops is to promote development in the study and
teaching of the African Diaspora, encouraging CUNY scholars to
create programs reflective of the various discourses that continue
to shape the field. ADMISSION IS FREE, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AND ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED TO 50 Register at <africanaseminar@yahoo.com>. Please leave your full name, e-mail, phone number, the CUNY school and department where you teach, and which seminar(s) you would like to attend. You can also call IRADAC at (212) 817-2076. Please spread the word to faculty!" Africana Studies in the New Millennium “Addressing Scholarship and Research” September
19 “Issues of Sexuality and Gender”
Concourse Level, Room 201 Moderator: Robert Reid-Pharr (English, The Graduate Center) Guest Speaker: Hazel V. Carby (Chair, African-American Studies; Professor of American Studies, Yale University)The Art Exhibitions IRADAC Art Exhibitions IRADAC offers its multipurpose facility at The City College as a non-\traditional venue to showcase arts works which reflect the diverse cultures of African Diaspora peoples. Michael Britto Trinidad Celebrates Carnival Oct 14 - Nov 7, 2003 The City College Raymond R. Patterson, Poet; Benn T. Nadelman, Artist Twenty-Six Ways of Looking at a Black Man, Nov 18 - Dec 15, 2003 Location: The City College The IRADAC Lecture Series: Voices Heard Held throughout the Fall and Spring
Semesters at the Graduate Center, this series has been developed
in collaboration with the Office of Continuing Education and
Public Programs. Featured lecturers are recognized authors and
scholars whose works address various topics regarding the African
Diaspora. Register with Continuing Education at (212) 817-8215. The Langston Hughes Festival Celebrating 30 years Created in 1973 by CCNY Professor Raymond R. Patterson, this annual event honors artists who articulate a commitment to social change through prose, poetry, fiction, critical writing and the dramatic arts with roots in an African heritage.
“Black Feminisms” Conference
“Black Feminisms” is an all-day conference organized by The Africana Studies Group and The Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Caribbean (IRADAC). Scholars , authors and activists will discuss topics such as What is Black feminism? What is its significance, and relevance, for the new millennium? Friday, March 12, 2004 The National Conference on the African Diaspora: “Taking Stock: The State of Black America in the 21st Century” April 22-24, 2004 Location: Schomburg Center
and the Graduate Center, Concourse Level Work in Progress on the African Diaspora The 4th IRADAC-CAAN Interdisciplinary Conference November, 2004 Location: The Graduate Center This biennial conference, co-sponsored with the CUNY African American Network (CAAN), convenes a remarkable array of workers individual artists and scholars in the humanities, arts, and sciences addressing significant issues involving peoples of African descent in the African Diaspora at the various campuses of the City University to interact and exchange the fruits of efforts in this vital field of inquiry. The Underground Railroad Experience
http://www.TheUndergroundRailroadExperience.cuny.edu
IRADAC, in partnership with the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) and with the support of the US Department of Education Underground Railroad Programming Grant, is developing a virtual meta-entity to be launched in 2003-2004, which will serve as a portal to a multitude of resources related to the history of the Underground Railroad on the Internet. The IRADAC Opinion Poll IRADAC is in the second phase of a three-phase study, The World Trade Center (WTC) Disaster: An Opinion Survey of African Americans, to be completed in 2003-2004 in cooperation with the Center for the Study of Philanthropy (GC) The Diaspora’s Contribution to
Africa’s Long Term Development Zora Neale Hurston Undergraduate Student
Paper Award 2003-04 For further information regarding Graduate Center events contact IRADAC at (212) 817-2070 or via email at IRADAC@gc.cuny.edu. For information regarding events held at City Collegecall: (212) 650-8958 Visit the IRADAC City College website at: |
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