“DIASPORAS AND ‘RACE’”

International Conference
October 25-27, 2012

Wake Forest University (North Carolina, USA)

Partners for the conference at Wake Forest University:

CAAR (Collegium for African American Research)
Department for Continuing Education (University of Oxford, UK)
IRIEC (Institut de Recherche Intersite Etudes Culturelles, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier 3, France)
EMMA (Etudes Montpelliéraines du Monde Anglophone, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier 3, France)
MIGRINTER (CNRS, Université de Poitiers, France)
Wake Forest University (North Carolina, USA)

This is the second meeting in the conference series entitled Diasporas, Cultures of Mobilities, “Race” organized by Pr Sally Barbour (Wake Forest University, USA), Dr David Howard (University of Oxford, UK), Dr Thomas Lacroix (IMI, Univ. of Oxford, UK; MIGRINTER, Université de Poitiers, France), Dr Judith Misrahi-Barak (EMMA, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3, France), and Pr Claudine Raynaud (EMMA, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3, France) in partnership with such institutions as :

• CAAR (Collegium for African-American Research);
• the Centre de Recherches Littéraires et Historiques de l’Océan Indien (CRLHOI, University of La Réunion);
• the Centre of South Asian Studies (CSAS, University of Edinburgh, UK);
• the Department for Continuing Education (University of Oxford);
• the Institut de Recherche Intersite Etudes Culturelles (IRIEC, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier 3);
• the International Institute of Migration (IMI, University of Oxford);
• the MSH-Montpellier (Maison des Sciences de l’Homme-Montpellier);
• Wake Forest University (North Carolina, USA);
• Wesleyan University (USA).

1. Preparatory Symposium: ‘Diasporas and Cultures of Migrations’, June 20-23, 2011, Université Paul-Valéry – Montpellier 3

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: June 30-July 2, 2013, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, UK

Please see ARCHIVE for description and call for papers for the remaining conferences in this series.

Co-convenors:

Pr Sally Barbour (Wake Forest University, USA)
barbour@wfu.edu
Dr David Howard (University of Oxford, UK)
david.howard@conted.ox.ac.uk
Dr Thomas Lacroix (IMI, Univ. of Oxford, UK; MIGRINTER, Université de Poitiers, France)
thomas.lacroix@univ-poitiers.fr
Dr Judith Misrahi-Barak (EMMA, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3, France)
judith.misrahi-barak@univ-montp3.fr
Pr Claudine Raynaud (EMMA, Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3, France)
claudine.raynaud@univ-montp3.fr