Third Biennial Winter Institute for Black Studies

This year’s theme is "The 'Alternative' African Diaspora: Interdisciplinary Roundtables on Emergent, Oppositional and New Discourses in the Field."

Distinguished scholars in the field will discuss a range of topics including:

Barack Obama’s campaign and election, Black Europe (Britain, France, Germany and Ireland),Caribbean migrant farm workers in the U.S. during WWII, Chinese Diaspora and African Diaspora political linkages, contemporary African American return migration to the U.S. south, Critical Race Theory in the Twenty-First century, Digital Black Public Sphere, Hawai ‘i and its African Diaspora, Langston Hughes in Central Asia, Multiculturalism and its political persuasions, the problematizing of Blackness and Black identity. Please see the conference website for panelist information.

Organized by the The University of Hawai ‘i Faculty of African Descent

Ticket Information
Free and Open to the Public

Event Sponsor
Office of the President, UH System; UH Manoa College of Arts and Humanities, College of Social Sciences, Dept.of Ethnic Studies;Office of the Chancellor, KCC, University of Hawaii

More Information
Elisa White, 956-2824, ejwhite@hawaii.edu, http://www.uhwibs.com/