Welcome to CAAR

On this interactive website you will find all valid information on the Collegium for African-American Research, one of the leading interdisciplinary research and teaching networks on African-American culture in the context of the imperial and colonial legacy of the West. You will find information on CAAR's mission and history, its conferences, its publications, and its members. Please contact us if you have any questions.

CFP: 6th Biennial Conference of the Toni Morrison Society (November 4-7, 2010 in Paris)

France, a geographic move that marks the first biennial held outside the U.S., inkeeping with the extensive reach and...

i am bereft. only today, news of chris bell's death of severe and protracted illness in december 2009 have reached me. we are mourning the loss of a very kind and generous friend to many in CAAR,  of a scholarly intelligence of great sensitivity and academic promise, of a wonderful colleague, transnational activist/organizer and a dedicated young teacher.

we will miss him deeply. caar and the FORECAAST board will see to it that the FORECAAST issue in his editorship, /blackness and disabilities, /will see publication in his honor, as soon as possible. we are sending heartfelt condolences to his family,  friends and colleagues.

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Marcus Garvey Foundation Research Fellowships

Kindly take note of the following Marcus Garvey Foundation research fellowships, and please forward widely: 1) Marcus...

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Fourth Annual New Perspectives on African American History and Culture Conference (February 26-27, 2010)

The Triangle African American History Colloquium (TAAHC) is a student-based organization at the University of North...