EMMA's Conference(s): Diasporas, Cultures of Mobilities, “Race”
Under the auspices of EMMA (Etudes Montpelliéraines des Mondes Anglophones, Montpellier, France) and gathering the leading scholars in the field, this series of four conferences will identify and assess the different evolutions of “Diaspora Studies” and the notion of “race” to better understand:
How socio-economic and political changes have affected diasporic communities;
how literature and the arts, the social sciences and cultural studies have seized that question. This project entails a redefinition of terms and concepts and the confrontation of different, but not necessarily divergent, perspectives. The third conference will be specifically dedicated to the interlocking issues of “race” and the Black Diaspora.
1. Preparatory Symposium: ‘Diasporas and Cultures of Migrations’, June 20-23, 2011, Université Paul-Valéry – Montpellier
2. International conference: ‘Diasporas and “Race”’, October 25-27, 2012, Wake Forest University (North Carolina, USA)
3. International conference: ‘African-Americans, “Race” and Diaspora’, June 13-15, 2013, University Paul-Valéry, Montpellier 3
4. Concluding symposium: October 25-26, 2013, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, UK
Partners: CAAR, IRIEC and MSH (Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier 3); IMI (Oxford University); CRLHOI (Université de La Réunion); CSAS (University of Edinburgh); Wake Forest University and Wesleyan University (USA).
Co-convenors: Dr Sally Barbour (Wake Forest); Dr David Howard (Oxford); Dr Thomas Lacroix (IMI, Oxford); Dr Judith Misrahi-Barak (Montpellier 3); Pr Claudine Raynaud (Montpellier 3).
Contact: Claudine Raynaud
Click here for a list of participants and registration.