Conferences | Africa in the African Diaspora
University of Wisconsin-Madison
African Diaspora and the Atlantic
World Research Circle
African Studies Program

 

Diaspora Related Conferences

  • UW-Madison Postcolonial, Migration and Transnational Studies (Part of Worldwide Universities Network International Network in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies), International Conference on Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism, June 20-21, 2008, Madison, Wisconsin. Visit the website at www.africa.wisc.edu/postcolonial/.

  • African Diaspora Studies and the Disciplines (An international symposium) March 23-26, 2006 in Madison, Wisconsin. Visit the website at http://africa.wisc.edu/diaspora/symposium-2006/.

  • African Literature Association 33rd Annual Conference: African Literature and the Cultural Dynamics of Globalization, March 14-18, 2007, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.   http://www.africanlit.org or www.wvu.edu/forlang

  • Africana Studies Conference: Citizenship, Identity, and Race 150 Years after Dred Scott.      March 30-31, 2007, Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania. This interdisciplinary conference will examine contemporary and historical issues of citizenship, identity, ethnicity and race in the African Diaspora from the era of Dred Scott to the present. Please visit the conference website for a complete call for papers, and a fuller description of panels and the conference. Contact: Scott Hancock, Africana Studies Program, Gettysburg College, Box 2451, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA 17325. Email: africanastudiesconference@gettysburg.edu. Visit the website at http://www.gettysburg.edu/academics/african_american_studies/cpc_africanastudiesconference/index.dot