Screening: ‘Abina and the Important Men’ 21 October, 1700-1900 SOAS, London Abina and the Important Men (2017) was directed by Soumyaa Kapil. It is a lightly animated film adaptation of the award-winning graphic history by Trevor R. Getz and Liz… Read More ›
We are pleased to share the Call for Papers and Panels for a two-day Conference on ‘Racialisation and Publicness in Africa and the African Diaspora’ which will be held at the University of Oxford, from 27-28 June, 2019. From the… Read More ›
CAAR MALAGA JUNE 13-16 2017 Diasporic Encounters, Subjectivities in Transit: Race, Gender, Religion and Sexualities in the African Diasporas CALL FOR PAPERS From June 13-16, 2017, the Collegium for African American Research (CAAR) meets for its biannual conference in… Read More ›
Exploring the Boundaries of Black Intellectual History, 24-25 March 2017, Nashville, Tennessee Deadline 15 November 2016 The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) invites proposals for its second annual conference scheduled to take place at Vanderbilt University on March 24-25, 2017…. Read More ›
PSA, University of Leicester (UK) 7 – 9 September 2015 Special Topic: Diasporas The first Postcolonial Studies Association Convention will be held at the University of Leicester from 7 to 9 September 2015. Contributions from academics and postgraduates investigating any area… Read More ›
Last month I attended a seminar day at Birmingham, ‘Teaching Difficult Subjects’ (organised by the Higher Education Academy in the UK). Although the full content of the day was fascinating (and wide ranging) encompassing genocide, holocaust and ‘war studies’, I… Read More ›
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