Haiti and the Americas Conference
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21 Oct 2010
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23 Oct 2010
Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida
This conference will bring together scholars working on aspects of Haiti’s influence on the hemisphere, both historically and today, in fields such as art history, cultural studies, history, literature, political science, sociology, and others. We will look at the many ways Haiti has been represented by outsiders as well as the ways Haitians represent themselves to think about the past, present, and future of Haiti's place in the imagination of the Americas.
The Haiti and the Americas Conference will be held at the Boca Raton campus of Florida Atlantic University and co-sponsored by Rice University and PUMA.Creative. Academic panels will be held in Live Oak Pavilion on Thursday, October 21st and Friday, October 22nd from 9 am to 5 pm, and in the Wyndham Boca Raton on Saturday, October 23rd from 9 am to 1 pm. Keynote speakers will include Myriam J.A. Chancy on Thursday at 2 pm, J. Michael Dash on Friday at 9 am, and Sibylle Fischer on Friday at 2:15 pm. In addition to these presentations by leading scholars, the filmmaker Michelange Quay will be a special guest, presenting his film Eat, For This Is My Body on Thursday at 6 pm in FAU's Senate Chambers, and creative writers such as Andrea Shaw, Rose Rejouis, and Myriam J.A. Chancy will read from their work in the Ritter Art Gallery on Friday evening. We will also feature presentations by organizations working in Haiti, such as the Digital Library of the Caribbean talking about their Protecting Haitian Patrimony Initiative, as well as local organizations working with Haitians in South Florida such as the Toussaint L’Ouverture High School for Arts and Social Justice in Boynton Beach.
For more information, contact haitiandtheamericas@gmail.com.
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From left to right: Andrea Shaw, Myriam J.A. Chancy, and Rose Rejouis.
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Article about the first day of the conference
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Great Initiative
I am happy to learn about this conference and look forward to learning more
Partnership
This conference is an important gathering at a time when so much attention is focused on Haiti.
PUMA.Creative is honoured to partner with this event as well as to offer a PUMA.Creative Mobility Award to ROSE MYRIAM REJOUIS to address the conference.
Haiti and the Americas Conference
Knowledge and understanding is key to the solution of many contemporary issues.
We are happy to know about this conference and the important dialogue that it will bring.
Connectedness
As a Foundation that strongly believes in the interconnectedness of culture, environment, community and commerce we applaud these kind of initiatives that investigate the multiple factors in creating identities of place and time.
We look forward to following the outcomes of your conference.
Article about the second day of the conference
For a recap of the second day of the conference, please visit http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/page/10482/en
Article about the third day of the conference
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