Haiti and the Americas: Histories, Cultures, Imaginations
Schedule, Day 3, Saturday, October 23, 2010
8:30-9:00 am - Coffee/Breakfast (Wyndham Garden Hotel)
9:00-10:45 am - Panel #1 (Wyndham Garden Hotel): African Americans and Haiti. Chair: Derrick White, Assistant Professor of History, Florida Atlantic University
Leslie Alexander, Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University. “‘The Black Republic:’ The Influence of the Haitian Revolution on Northern Black Political Consciousness, 1816-1862.”
Bethany Aery Clerico, Doctoral Candidate in English, State University of New York, Albany. “Haiti’s Revisionary Haunting of Charles Chesnutt’s “Careful” History in Paul Marchand, F.M.C.”
David P. Kilroy, Associate Professor of History and Major Chair of International Studies, Nova Southeastern University. “‘Being a Member of the Colored Race’: The Mission of Charles Young, Military Attaché to Haiti, 1904-07.”
Keith Donnell, Doctoral Candidate in English, University of Southern California. “Exploring the Language of Community: The Politics of Identity in the Reimaging of Haiti (Post) Harlem Renaissance.”
11:00-12:45 pm - Panel #2 (Wyndham Garden Hotel): Haiti’s Politics. Chair: Aimee Kanner Arias, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University
Adam Silvia, Doctoral Candidate in Foreign Language Area Studies, Florida International University. “Chikago Boys in Haiti: Public Perception and Private Sector Paydays.”
Isabelle Airey, Ph.D. in English, State University of New York at Stony Brook. “Reconciliation: (Re) Embracing My Haitianness ‘Snapshot-shots of a Haitian Childhood in Haiti and New York City.’”
Christopher Garland, Doctoral Candidate in English, University of Florida. “Crisis and Foreclosing the Future in Ghosts of Cité Soleil.”
Nadève Ménard, Professor in the Modern Letters Department of the Ecole Normale Superieure, Université d’Etat d’Haiti. “Reading Wyclef.”
With:
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R.A.S. for Haiti
looks very intresting. wish i could attend. Anything else coming up on Haiti? I have a song to contribute. More life and blessings. One love, one blood.