CFP: The State of African American Studies
The State of African American Studies: Methodology, Pedagogy, and
Research
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Institute for
Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean at
the City University of New York extend a call for papers for their
regular conference on the state of scholarship in African American
Studies. Entitled, The State of African American Studies: Methodology,
Pedagogy, and Research, the conference will take place on January 6-8,
2011 at the Schomburg Center, located at 135th Street and Malcolm X
Boulevard in Harlem, and the Graduate Center of the City University of
New York, located at 365 Fifth Avenue. Complete panels and individual
paper submissions related to the theme - broadly conceived – are invited
from scholars and graduate students. In addition to papers in your
academic areas of expertise, and on teaching and research methodologies,
we particularly welcome submissions on labor, community engagement,
gender, sexuality, visual culture, and relations in the diaspora.
Proposals should be submitted electronically and must include your name,
title of the paper, panel, or roundtable, and an abstract of 150 words.
They should also include the institutional affiliation of each
presenter, phone numbers, and email addresses. Submit proposals by
November 1, 2010 to:
Aisha al-Adawiya
State of African American Studies
Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York NY 10037-1801
E-mail: aaladawiya(at)nypl.org
Please consult the Schomburg Center’s website for information on travel
and hotels.
Registration $20, Students: Free