CAAR News
Find a number of our most recent articles and announcements below.
29.01.2012
The Barber of Birmingham
Civil Rights Short Documentary nominated for Academy Award[more]
27.01.2012
AFAM 2012
A Beautiful Struggle: Transformative Black Struggles in Shifting Political Landscapes[more]
12.01.2012
Declaring the Activism of Black Feminist Theory Convention
Trafford Rape Crisis Presents the Launch of their Black and Minority Ethnic Women’s Service and Hosts Conference.[more]
11.01.2012
"Audre Lorde - The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992"
Film accepted for the world premiere at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February.[more]
09.01.2012
“Das Gewebe der Sklaverei“ [“The Fabric of Slavery”]
Research Project brings the University of Bremen to the city's schools.[more]
31.12.2011
Black Europe Summer School: 2012 Session and Facebook Page
Information for the Black Europe Summer School 2012 session is now available at: http://www.dialogoglobal.com/amsterdam/index.php Furthermore, the Black Europe Summer School is happy to announce, that it now has a Facebook...[more]
27.12.2011
Alondra Nelson on the Panthers, Medical Discrimination and Health Care.
Click here to read an interview with Alondra Nelson about her new book "Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and The Fight Against Medical Discrimination".[more]
20.12.2011
Frederick Douglass Book Prize 2012: Invitation for submissions
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition is pleased to announce the 2012 Frederick Douglass Book Prize, an annual award for the most outstanding nonfiction book published in English on the...[more]
15.12.2011
CfP: African American Literature and Culture Society
23th annual conference of the ALA, May 24-27, 2012 in San Francisco[more]
08.12.2011
EUROTAST, a new european/international reserach project on transatlantic slavery
The transatlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries represents one of the most traumatic chapters in history and is now widely recognised as a crime against humanity. EUROTAST is a new European-funded research...[more]
05.12.2011
Workshop about Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention at CUNY
Clicke here to watch the 2 hour workshop "Malcolm X: A live of reinvention" (with Cornel West and others) at CUNY.[more]
05.12.2011
CfP: "Alternative Solidarities: Black Diasporas and Cultural Alliances During the Cold War"
Journal of Postcolonial Writing Special Issue Call for Papers [more]