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Secondary Source - Piracy
I am searching for a secondary source on black piracy and have had no luck. I was reading Villains of All Nations by Rediker in which he argues that the piracy was considerably more diverse than popular notions would lead us to believe. He pays particular attention to African participation on the pirate ship but mainly utilizes primary sources in ( Read more... ) -
CfP: Callaloo: The Cultures and letters of the Black Diaspora
A CALLALOO CALL FOR PAPERS
The Cultures and Letters of the Black Diaspora
Callaloo is currently putting together materials for an issue to be published in the Summer of 2007 as the third of four special issues celebrating the journal’s Thirtieth Anniversary. The guest editors for this issue seek essays and creative work focused on the cultures and ( Read more... ) -
BEST: Black European Studies Conference 2005 & 2006
I have been tracking this conference since its inception. I attended the first installment in 2005, but I wasnt able to make it this past summer. I have been able to track down a series of articles produced by some of the panelists and have ordered them via ezborrow, but have others on my radar. The conference came up in a recent discussion with Dr ( Read more... ) -
CFP: Germany’s Colonialism in International Perspective
International Interdisciplinary Conference on German Colonialism and Post - Colonialism
"Germany’s Colonialism in International Perspective"
September 6-9, 2007, San Francisco, USA
In response to the increasing study of Germany’s colonial legacy, we are soliciting papers for an International Interdisciplinary Conference on “German Colonialism and ( Read more... ) -
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Effective late December 2006, the Library of Congress will close
its African and Middle Eastern Reading Room. This reading room is
the public service point within the Library of Congress for Africa,
the Near East (including Central Asia and the Caucasus), and for
Hebraica (including Jewish studies and Biblical studies, ancient
and modern Israel, ( Read more... ) -
CfP - Society for Caribbean Studies Conference 2007
The 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies
The Centre for Caribbean Studies
London Metropolitan University, UK
Wednesday 4th July - Friday 6th July, 2007
The Society invites submissions of one-page abstracts and a short CV by 15th December 2006 for research papers on the Hispanic, Francophone, Dutch and Anglophone Caribbean, and ( Read more... ) -
CFP - Black Cultural Interventions into Gender and Sexuality Studies
University of Florida
1st Annual Black Cultural Interventions into Gender and Sexuality
Studies (Past, Present, and Future)
March 23-24, 2007
This conference will allow scholars to have extended conversation about how elements of representation, regulation, consumption, identity, and production of black culture contribute to the broadening of gender ( Read more... ) -
CfP - 11th Annual New Frontiers in Graduate History Conference
11th Annual New Frontiers in Graduate History Conference
Location: Ontario
Deadline: 2006-12-01
Description: 11th Annual New Frontiers in Graduate History Conference February 15-17, 2006 York University Toronto, ON. We are seeking proposals for the eleventh annual New Frontiers in Graduate History Conference. We encourage papers from a wide range of ( Read more... ) -
CfP - 12th Annual James A. Barnes Club Graduate
Student Conference in History
Location: Pennsylvania
Deadline: 2007-01-15
Description: The James A. Barnes Club, Temple Universitys graduate student history organization, is pleased to announce the Twelfth Annual James A. Barnes Club Graduate Student Conference. The Barnes Club Conference will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 ( Read more... ) -
CfP: Community Building and Identity Formation in the African Diaspora
Boston University- African American Studies
Community Building and Identity Formation in the African Diaspora
Conference Date: 30-31 March 2007
The African American Studies Program at Boston University invites paper proposals for a multi-disciplinary conference on the comparative study of community building and identity formation in the African ( Read more... )