CFP: Blacks and Asians: Encounters Through Time and Space (10/15/01; 4/12/02-4/14/02)

From: lokenkim@bu.edu
Date: Mon Jul 09 2001 - 13:49:48 EDT

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    > >BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    > >
    > >CALL FOR PAPERS
    > >
    > >BLACKS AND ASIANS: ENCOUNTERS THROUGH TIME AND SPACE
    > >
    > >AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
    > >
    > >APRIL 12-14, 2002
    > >
    > >
    > >The African American Studies Program at Boston University invites proposals
    > >for individual papers and complete panels on all aspects of the global
    > >encounter of peoples of Asian and peoples of African descent from antiquity
    > >to the present. We seek to convene an interdisciplinary international
    > >assembly of scholars interested in exploring how the peoples of Africa and
    > >Asia and their Diaspora have interacted with each other and impacted the
    > >development of the modern world. We welcome proposals on all aspects of this
    > >historic encounter including presentations that explore the social and
    > >cultural construction of collective identities such as Asian, Black,
    > >Japanese, and Indian as well as those that examine the nature of interethnic,
    > >interracial, intercultural, and international exchanges among blacks and
    > >Asians. Proposals may focus on a single geographic area, such as Japan or
    > >the United States, may be comparative in perspective, or may adopt a global
    > >framework.
    > >
    > >Please send a 250 word abstract together with a current curriculum vita to
    > >Ronald K. Richardson, Director, African American Studies, Boston University,
    > >138 Mountfort Street, Brookline, MA. 02446. You may submit by email at
    > >lokenkim@bu.edu. Please send a copy to Hdarodius@aol.com To be considered
    > >proposals must be received no later than October 15, 2001.

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