Third Biennial Winter Institute for Black Studies

Dr. Kim D. Butler, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ will present the keynote address, "Why Diaspora? Rethinking African Peoples and Power in the Twenty-First Century," at the opening dinner on the evening of January 15. Music by Espiritu Libre will also be featured. This year’s conference theme is “The ‘Alternative’ African Diaspora:

Interdisciplinary Roundtables on Emergent, Oppositional and New Discourses in the Field.” The conference will continue on Friday January 16 with roundtable sessions at the East-West Center, Imin Conference Center, Keoni Auditorium. There is a fee for the opening dinner and keynote event on Thursday January 15. The Friday January 16 conference roundtables are free. Please see the conference website for panelist and registration information. The registration form can also be uploaded below.

Organized by the University of Hawaii Faculty of African Descent

Ticket Information
$55.00 (1/15 dinner, program and entertainment). For registration information and related inquiries, please visit www.uhwibs.com or contact the UH Conference Center at 808-956-8204. The registration form is also available below.

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/, Registration Form (PDF)

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