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1 WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENT DIGEST WEEK OF OCTOBER 22 nd, 2012

2 Upcoming Events: SAVE THE DATE! Join us on Thursday, November 1 st, 2012 from 3:30-4:45 PM at the Labor Center room 309 for our Senegal and The Gambia Summer C 2013 Information Session! This information session will serve as an opportunity for those interested to gain general information about this Study Abroad session, the scholarship opportunities, meet other interested students, and much more. Due to limited space, we encourage you to reserve your spot today by calling Reyni Valerio at (305) For more information about Senegal and The Gambia Summer C 2013, click here! We hope to see you there!

3 October 26 ERIC WILLIAMS For more information, please call (305) or (305)

4 October 29 AADS SERIES For more information, please call (305)

5 November 7 DRA. MARTA MAFFIA For more information, please call (305)

6 November 9 AFRO-HOMO For more information, please click here!

7 November 15 SPECIAL PRESENTATION For more information, please call (305)

8 November 16 FIACRE BIENVENU For more information, please call (305)

9 January 31 DEBORAH THOMAS For more information, please call (305)

10 February 14 PEDRO NOGUERA For more information, please call (305)

11 Summer C 2013 SENEGAL AND THE GAMBIA For more information, please click here!

12 Announcements: November 2 LILLIAN GUERRA

13 November 3 HISPANIOLOVE

14 September 7- November 4 RASHID JOHNSON

15 October 23 SPECIAL PRESENTATION

16 November 4 MUSIC BY TWILIGHT

17 Submission Deadline EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2012 Student Anthropologist is the flagship peer-reviewed journal of the National Association of Student Anthropologists (the largest organization of anthropologist students in the world). It is an annual digital publication. Students from all levels and disciplines are encouraged to contribute. Aims and Scope This special issue aims to explore the social, political, and cultural meanings and functions of African diaspora religions. From the beginning of anthropological study, Africana religion has been at the forefront of anthropological inquiry. Africana Religion (African and African diaspora religion, also including those religions influenced by the diversity of African cultural heritage) has provided a space in which anthropologists have been able to explore concepts about kinship (both fictive and non- fictive), ritual, embodiment, identity, transnationalism, diversity, etc. This inquiry has continued up to the present day as African diaspora religions have become transnational and are networks through which ideas about spirituality, community, authenticity, origins, body and space circulate. In addition, this special issue will examine the latest work on African diaspora religious practice, its contribution to the field of anthropology, and a discussion of its trajectory and where scholars hope to see it go in the future. This edition will discuss and examine the different ways of viewing and analyzing the African diaspora in and through religious practice, and the accompanying complications that occur in social, political, cultural and material life. This special issue will seek to explore how African diaspora religious tradition intersects with and enhances discussions of a wide array of topics such as the environment, globalization, spatialization, urbanization, immigration, etc. We seek to bring together a diverse range of scholars working on different aspects of African diaspora religion. We will only accept original scholarly submissions from undergraduate and graduate students worldwide. Below are a list of possible areas of inquiry, but please do not feel limited to these questions only. Possible questions and areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to: The contribution of African diaspora religions to the study of anthropology How do African diaspora religions intersect with music, film, performance, visual arts, media studies, history, philosophy, sociology, gender studies, political science, economics, education, geography, environmental science, legal studies, and public health?"

18 How do complex concepts such as blackness and Africanness inform each other and shape individual and group/community religious identities? And what do they ultimately mean, especially given the temporal and spatial distance from the African continent?" How do lived and imagined experiences of religious diasporic spaces differ between individual and group?" How do different diaspora communities relate to each other across boundaries of time, space and historical context? How is Africa (re)imagined in different ways within these African diasporic religions? Submission Guidelines Any student currently enrolled in a BA, MA, or PhD program is welcome to submit original research to be considered for publication. While this is an anthropology journal, students do not need to be enrolled in an anthropology program. All submissions should be under 6,000 words in length and are subject to a peer review process. All submissions should be sent in a single document as an attachment and saved in Microsoft Office Word (.doc or.docx) or Mac Pages (.pages) format and conform to AAA style ( Submissions should be double spaced and adhere to the word limits outlined in this CFP. Rarely, we consider longer submissions or those of an irregular nature. Please remove all identifying information from the manuscript and include a coverpage including name, institution, student status, up to five keywords describing the paper, and a 250 word abstract. Please save the document with your last name in the title. Send submissions, as well as any questions, to the Special Issue Guest Editor, Lisanne C Norman, at lnorman918@gmail.com. Special Issue Guest Editor Bio: Lisanne C Norman is currently in the fifth year of her PhD at Harvard University. Her research focus is African Americans who practice Yoruba religion from present. Her work is an analysis of the expansion of this predominantly Afro-Cuba religious community to include the numerous African Americans who converted during the 1960s and 1970s. The work will also analyze the role that African diaspora civil rights and geopolitical movements played in the transmission and adaptation of this religious practice and how that has come to define its current practice. Through participationobservation and semi-structured interviews, Lisanne hopes to understand how global forces have come to shape this transnational religious practice and how emerging African diaspora networks have worked to change the dynamics of religious practice not only for African Americans, but for Afro-Cubans and Nigerian practitioners as well. Lisanne is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

19 Dear Friends/Colleagues working in Latin America and the Caribbean, We are pleased to announce the Second Annual Graduate Student Conference in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington. We would be truly grateful if you can help us circulate the attached Call for Papers as widely as possible to interested graduate students at your respective institutions. Here is a quick run-down of the main details. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Anya Peterson Royce Chancellor s Professor of Anthropology and Comparative Literature Organizer: Graduate Students of IU's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Conference Title: "Shifting Social Landscapes" Place: Bloomington, Indiana Dates of Conference: February 15-16, 2013 Deadline for Submissions: November 16, 2012 Travel Grants: Small grants of $ will be awarded on a competitive basis to assist in covering participant travel costs. Full Details: Gracias mil! Shane Green

20 21 st Annual NAAAS & Affiliates National Conference February 11-16, 2013 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Abstracts, not to exceed two (2) pages, should be submitted that relate to any aspect of the African and African American, Hispanic and Latino, Native American, Indigenous Peoples or Asian experience. Subjects may include, but are not limited to: literature, demographics, history, politics, economics, education, health care, fine arts, religion, social sciences, business and many other subjects. Please indicate the time required for presentation of your paper (25 minutes OR 45 minutes). ABSTRACTS WITH TITLE OF PAPER, PRESENTER S NAME, HOME AND INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION ADDRESS AND SHOULD BE POSTMARKED BY: Friday, November 9, SEND ABSTRACTS TO: Lemuel Berry, Jr., Ph.D. Executive Director, NAAAS & Affiliates PO Box 6670 Scarborough, ME Telephone: 207/ Fax: 207/ mailto:naaasconference@earthlink.net

21 Call for Submissions There are millions of Americans from all walks of life who are going through a tough time. Many have been severely affected by the economic recession and can neither pay their bills, nor afford the basics such as food and medicine. Our anthology, Tough Times in America, aims to provide a platform for telling these stories. We will accept true stories, as well as fictionalized versions of real life events. This collection aims to preserve and document narrative accounts of the anger, fear and frustration that most Americans are feeling due to the recession which has resulted in massive job losses, loss of homes, loss of healthcare, reduced retirement benefits, etc. We also hope to document the hope and gratitude that bloom even in the midst of despair true testaments to the tenacity of the human spirit. Significantly, we would like this collection to reflect the diversity of America in the 21 st century, and so we welcome submissions from people from all ethnicities, racial, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Submissions should be between and words in length, typed and double-spaced, Times New Roman or similar sized font (12 point). Stories must be previously unpublished in any form, including print, web etc. Each story should be identified within the geographic location/landmark of the city in which it is set. We want to show that these experiences are common to many Americans, regardless of race and ethnicity, so the cultural component is vital. We welcome established as well as unpublished writers who would like to represent their experiences or the experiences of their friends and loved ones. Deadline for submissions is January 29, Please send your submissions to: Donna Aza Weir-Soley: (weirsole@yahoo.com) and Max Freesney Pierre (prrmax@yahoo.com). Donna Aza Weir Soley is an Associate Professor of English at Florida International University. Dr. Weir-Soley is the author of First Rain, Eroticism, Spirituality, and Resistance in Black Women s Writings, and co-editor of the anthology Caribbean Erotic (Peepal Tree Press). Max Freesney Pierre is a former Administrator and Adjunct Professor of Education at Miami-Dade College. Pierre is a poet/writer/journalist, the author of Tambours de la Mêlée, Fée Caraïbe, Soul Traveler and Le chant de l apaisement.

22 Writer s Information Name Address Phone Story Title Number of pages/or words Date of submission

23 CALL FOR PAPERS: TITLE: CONFERENCE DATES: DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS OF ABSTRACTS: VENUE: Specifically dedicated to the interlocking issues of race and the Black Diaspora, this event is the third in the Diasporas, Cultures of Mobilities, Race Conference series, organized by the research center EMMA (University Paul-Valéry, Montpellier 3, France) in partnership with CAAR, CRLHOI (Université de la Réunion), MIGRINTER (Université de Poitiers) Department for Continuing Education (Oxford University, UK) Wake Forest University (NC, USA) We seek contributions (theoretical interventions as well as case studies) in the fields of African American Studies and African Diaspora Studies in the disciplines of the social sciences and the humanities that address the following issues: Identities. The diverse uses of diaspora have redefined the field of African American Studies. Should we rethink African American identity in relation to a subject more broadly and complexly understood as racialized and diasporic? More specifically, is the concept of intersectionality a useful tool in the current effort to draw on Black Feminist

24 Studies, Gender Studies, Queer theory and GLBT Studies? In what ways do the notions of super-diversity, multi-ethnicity and multi-raciality reconfigure the black subject? Diaspora, race and oppression. The notion of race, has been historically articulated with that of black/african diaspora. Should the paradigmatic position of the black diaspora be rethought and/or reaffirmed since slavery and postcoloniality as well as race consciousness are at the core of its often contested exceptionalism? Are trauma, oppression, forced migration still coterminous with black diaspora? Plural, global diaspora(s). Current research on Blacks in Europe, Blacks in Latin America and in the Indian Ocean has opened new ways of conceptualizing race and black consciousness as well as the relation to time and place, heritage and territory, history and memory. How are we to envision the links, the breaking points and the articulations between the two notions in light of critical race theory, race formation theory, new racism, and the conception of black diasporas as rhizomatic, in motion, and plural? Can transnationalism, creolization, cosmopolitanism be substituted to or complement black diaspora? How are we to think of a global black diaspora in the context of intercultural and interracial exchanges? Migrations and Black Diasporas. A comparison between African Americans, new African migrants to the US and diasporas that have settled in other countries (Caribbean, Argentina, Brazil, other Latin America countries) can help us confront longue durée social process of diaspora sedimentation and courte durée new migration flows. In what ways have the new South-to-South migration routes from and within Africa questioned, historical sedimented diasporic and racial identities? Is there a Black Diaspora within Africa and what light does it shed on the diaspora/race nexus? Post-race? The terms post-race and post-black stand at the core of heated debates among scholars. Have the different disciplinary fields vested interests in preserving one concept over another through certain combinations? What are the ideological implications of these choices? What is the place of new African immigrants with regard to the building of post racial societies in the US, Europe, Brazil, Argentina and other Latin American/Caribbean countries?

25 Re-presentations. The arts (literature, the visual arts, popular culture, the Internet) are privileged markers of these evolutions: notions of avant-garde, of globalization, utopias. The current controversy around African American literature and presence of writers who reject race identification (cf. Everett, Whitehead) and of an American literature from the African diaspora (cf. Mengestu, Adichie) is a case in point. Deadline for submission of abstracts (maximum 250 words): November 15, 2012 Please submit a short bio-bibliographical notice as well (maximum 200 words) and copy the five co-convenors of the conference in your (see addresses below). CO-CONVENORS: Pr. Sally Barbour (Wake Forest University, USA) barbour@wfu.edu Dr. David Howard (University of Oxford, UK) mailto:david.howard@conted.ox.ac.uk Dr. Thomas Lacroix (IMI, Univ. of Oxford, UK; MIGRINTER, Université de Poitiers, France) mailto:thomas.lacroix@univ-poitiers.fr Dr. Judith Misrahi-Barak (EMMA, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3, France) mailto:judith.misrahi-barak@univ-montp3.fr Pr. Claudine Raynaud (EMMA, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3, France) mailto:claudine.raynaud@univ-montp3.fr Claudine Raynaud Professor of English and American Studies Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier III Route de Mende Montpellier cédex 5 France

26 CALL FOR PAPERS: FREE AND FORCED MIGRATION, DIASPORA AND IDENTITY FORMATION: THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY AND INDENTURED LABOR IN HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT International Conference to commemorate, the 150 th anniversary of abolition of slavery, the 160 th anniversary of Chinese immigration and the 140 th anniversary of immigration of East Indians in Suriname, Stardust Hotel, Paramaribo, 6-10 June Organized by the Institute for Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Social Science Research Institute (IMWO) of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname, in collaboration with the National Archives Suriname (NAS), and the following cultural organizations: NAKS, Federasi fu Afrikan Srananman, CUS, NSHI, VHJI, Committee 10 th October. The present Surinamese and other Caribbean societies are a product of different forms of migration of people, starting with the coming of the Indigenous people thousands of years ago, followed by colonization by Europeans who subsequently introduced African slaves and indentured laborers from Asia. In Suriname we experienced flows of new immigrants who arrived from Guyana, Brazil, Haiti and China. Just as the rest of the Caribbean, Suriname became part of the global economy through European expansion since the sixteenth century. Starting with Spain, several European countries founded colonies and introduced forced laborers from Europe, Africa and Asia. As a result the societies in the Caribbean and other former colonies became multi-ethnic and multi-cultural. In the case of Suriname, the import of indentured as well as free laborers goes back to years before the abolition of slavery. As a result we have various groups of Amerindians or Indigenous people, Creoles (descendants of former slaves), six Maroon tribes (Bush Negroes), Hindustanis, Javanese (Indonesians from Java), Chinese, Europeans, Jews, Lebanese, Haitians and Brazilians. Since the second half of the 20th century a reverse migration process is taking place as a consequence of which a large proportion of the population of postcolonial states is presently living in diaspora. In the age of globalization, boundaries between states are vanishing. In

27 relation to modern migration and diaspora we see transnational links and loyalties, which sometimes have been perceived as problematic. Suriname shares with the Caribbean and other postcolonial states an experience of European colonization, African slavery followed by immigration of indentured laborers from Asia, and massive emigration to the former metropolis and North America during the second half of the twentieth century. Many of the processes and developments are not unique for one country or a region, on the contrary, we see that those problems and issues can be compared with each other. So we can understand our present world much better and will be able to find solutions for different problems by comparing those issues. Aim of the conference The aim of the conference is to connect historical specificities of slavery, indentured labor and migration to contemporary issues of globalization, diaspora, identity formation, nationalism and transnationalism. At the same time we want to promote new perspectives and approaches in the study of forced and free migration and their impact on the society. By bringing together scholars from various parts of the world - senior scholars as well as new promising talents - we hope to stimulate exchange of ideas, set up new networks and strengthen existing networks. Central theme: Linking slavery, indentured labor and migration to contemporary issues Some questions to be answered during the conference are: What are the legacies of slavery and indentured labor in social, economic, cultural, political fields? How did post-slavery identity formation occur in different parts of the world in general? What has been the psychological impact of slavery and indentured labor? How are transnational identities developing in the world of today? How is the process of identification related to the imaginary relation with the country of origin and with other "partners in distress" in the Diaspora. In the case of the second migration or the twice diaspora, what is perceived as country of origin, in other words: What kind of home land perspectives do people have and which impact will this have on their relation with the former homeland? In which ways did the various groups adapt to the new environment? What has been the policy or attitude of the receiving countries or societies? How are localizing processes ('creolization') expressed in migrant cultures? What transnational ties exist among descendants of immigrants in the Caribbean? Are alternative transnational identities in the Caribbean real or an imagination? How are transnational ties and identities recognized and institutionalized by the State in the former homelands?

28 What has been the policy of the countries of origin regarding their former citizens living in diaspora? How and why are local processes of identity formation related to emotional and practical identification to the countries of origin, and how do these countries feature in these processes? Which are social, economic, cultural and political consequences of migration and diaspora in modern times? Suggested themes based on the abovementioned questions: The legacy of slavery and indentured labor: historical and current developments, with special reference to the psychological legacy of slavery and indentured labor: historical and current developments. Ethno-genesis and interethnic relations. The role of ethnocentrism, ethnic labeling and stereotyping in the process of creating and maintaining ethnic boundaries Ethnicity and politics The role of religion and religious organizations in identity formation Identify formation, boundary maintenance and interethnic marriage Transnational networks and identities. Relations with the country of origin? Transnational families Popular culture Language development in migration societies/migrant communities. Origin and Development of Creolized languages. Development of multilingual societies Localization and globalization of religions. Social problems of people in Diaspora Health issues in historical and contemporary context. Reparations: moral, legal and practical aspects. Diaspora policy: past, present and future Role of people in Diaspora for the development of their country of origin Paper and panel proposals: The organizers would like to stimulate the submission of panel proposals, but individual paper proposals are also welcome. A panel proposal should consist of a framework of the panel, with relevant questions, a number of paper proposals, abstracts of the papers and biodata of all members of the panel. The number of papers within a panel will be between three and eight. Each panel will have a chair and a discussant.

29 Individual paper proposals can be submitted by in MS Word by sending an abstract of words, together with a short CV Panels and papers with a comparative nature will be given higher priority than others. Deadlines: Deadline for submission of paper or panel proposals: December 15 th, Deadlines for submission of full papers: April 30 th, Publication: A selection of papers will be published by the University of Suriname. Language: The conference language will be English. People who want to participate in the conference without presenting a paper, are also welcome. Registration fee: * US$ 100 * US$ 125- for non-presenters. All participants will get a set of papers on CD-Rom. Note: The organizing committee is not in a position to assist participants with financial assistance. All participants are advised to seek funding through their respective institutions or by other means. Accommodation costs in Stardust Hotel are very reasonable. Venue: The venue of the conference is Stardust Hotel, located in Leonsberg, in the northern part of the capital city of Paramaribo. All overseas participants are advised to book a room in this hotel, but there are also attractive apartments in the neighborhood. People who prefer to stay in the centre of Paramaribo, will arrange their own transport to Leonsberg. Contact: Conference Secretariat: Coordinator of the Organizing Committee IMWO, Anton de Kom University of Suriname Maurits S. Hassankhan POB 9212, Paramaribo, Suriname mauritshassan@yahoo.com<mailto:mauritshassan@yahoo.com> Phone: (597) ; diasporaconfsur@yahoo.com<mailto:diasporaconfsur@yahoo.com>

30 The Haitian Studies Association is proud to announce the creation of the Haiti-Based Scholars Fund. The Haiti-based Scholars Fund was started with the idea to expand participation in HSA among Haiti-based academic and public scholars, artists, and professionals who would not be able to attend the conference without financial assistance. Applicants will: Lack access to alternate sources of funding, preventing them from attending the HSA conference Currently reside in Haiti Identify as an academic, public scholar, artist or professional whose work is relevant to the HSA conference Ideal applicants are: Attending the HSA conference for the first time Interested in future involvement with the association Submitting a proposal to present individually or as part of a panel/roundtable Applicants do not have to be accepted in the final conference program to receive this award. Special interest will also be paid to students who are in the final stages of completing their memwa/thesis, for whom the HSA is an opportunity to synthesize their work and explore opportunities for graduate education. For more information regarding the application please visit the following link: nd_english.pdf If you would like to make a donation to this fund please visit:

31 Florida International University invites applications for an assistant professor of 19th- and/or 20thcentury African history. This is a joint appointment in the Department of History and the Program in African and African Diaspora Studies. The successful candidate will contribute a transnational and interdisciplinary perspective to the Department and Program. Ability to teach broad surveys required, but candidate will also teach in subfields of interest in upper-division undergraduate courses and our vibrant graduate programs. Regional specialization is open but West Africanists are particularly encouraged to apply; topic of specialization is open but scholars of decolonization or historians with expertise in Africa and the Atlantic World will be of special interest. This position is contingent upon funding. Please send three letters of recommendation, a CV, cover letter, and writing sample (the last document in.pdf format) to fiuafrica2012@gmail.com. We will begin reviewing applications December 1, Have a great week!