The editorial board of the History Journal: Haiti and the Atlantic World/Revue d’Histoire Haïtienne: Haïti et le Monde atlantique is soliciting articles, book and film reviews, reports of ongoing research projects and other related activities for issue No.
(From Carolyn Fick)
CALL FOR PAPERS
HAITIAN HISTORY JOURNAL/ REVUE D’HISTOIRE HAÏTIENNE
Les versions en français, espagnol et kreyòl suivent :
English
The University of Florida, the University of North Florida, and Universidad San Francisco de Quito will host their second Latin America & Caribbean Digital Humanities Symposium at Universidad San Francisco Quito in Quito, Ecuador from Thursday, July 4 – Saturday July 6, 2024.
We seek proposals for papers, posters, and lightning rounds, on any topic related to Digital Humanities focusing on Latin America and Caribbean Studies. We welcome proposals not only from those in higher education, including students, faculty, and staff, but also from cultural institutions and other
Jacob and Yetta Gelman International Research Workshop
Black Lives under Nazism
June 7–16, 2023
Washington, D.C.
Applications due 3/31/23
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invites applications for the 2023 Jacob and Yetta Gelman International Research Workshop entitled Black Lives under Nazism. The Mandel Center will co-convene this workshop with Jacqueline Nassy Brown, Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, and Sarah Phillips Casteel, Department of English, Carleton University. The workshop is scheduled
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Recent Discussions
In this series commissioned by Marlene L. Daut for the Global Black History section at Public Books, seven scholars reflect on what 220 years of Haitian independence means for how we talk about slavery's abolition, Black sovereignty, and the development of human rights around the world.
- HOW HAITI DESTROYED SLAVERY AND LED THE WAY TO FREEDOM THROUGHOUT THE ATLANTIC WORLD --Marlene L. Daut
- “WE HAVE DARED TO BE FREE”--Julia Gaffield
- THE U.S. HAS NEVER FORGIVEN HAITI--Leslie Alexander
- HAITI: WHAT SOVEREIGNTY?--Lewis Ampidus Clorméus
- COUNTER-PLANTATION NATION--Laurent Dubois
- ENEMY OF THE
Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme
CRÉATION PLASTIQUE D'HAÏTI. ART ET CULTURE VISUELLE EN COLONIE ET POSTCOLONIE
Durée : 00:03:13 -Réalisation : 4 juillet 2023 -Mise en ligne : 30 juin 2023
Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme
Descriptif
Ce livre étudie l'univers de la création plastique d'Haïti dans la durée, depuis l'arrivée, en 1492, des premiers conquérants espagnols sur ce territoire, tiers occidental de l'île qu'ils avaient rebaptisée Hispaniola. Pour mener son enquête, Carlo A. Célius interroge, déborde et renverse les discours et les représentations énoncés depuis l
Dear all,
Please join the Florida Digital Humanities Consortium (FLDH) in June for two webinars of interest to this list, part of its 2023 Webinar Series: Latin America and Caribbean Edition. More information below:
Using Social Media to Explore Haitian History – Rendering Revolution
Friday, June 16, 2 p.m EDT
Dr. Siobhan Meï, Lecturer, University of Massachusetts Amherst & Dr. Jonathan Square, Assistant Professor, The New School
“Rendering Revolution: Sartorial Approaches to Haitian History” is a queer, bilingual, feminist experiment in digital interdisciplinary scholarship that
Dear colleagues,
I'm delighted to announce the publication of my book, The Zombie in Contemporary French Caribbean Fiction, with Liverpool University Press.
A 30% discount is being offered with the code LUP30 when purchased directly from the publisher.
Description: Believed to have emerged in the French Caribbean based on African spirit beliefs, the zombie represents not merely the walking dead, but also a walking embodiment of the region's history and culture. In Haiti today, the zombie serves as an enduring memory of enslavement: it is defined as a reanimated body robbed of part of its soul
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Announcements
In this series commissioned by Marlene L. Daut for the Global Black History section at Public Books, seven scholars reflect on what 220 years of Haitian independence means for how we talk about slavery's abolition, Black sovereignty, and the development of human rights around the world.
- HOW HAITI DESTROYED SLAVERY AND LED THE WAY TO FREEDOM THROUGHOUT THE ATLANTIC WORLD --Marlene L. Daut
- “WE HAVE DARED TO BE FREE”--Julia Gaffield
- THE U.S. HAS NEVER FORGIVEN HAITI--Leslie Alexander
- HAITI: WHAT SOVEREIGNTY?--Lewis Ampidus Clorméus
- COUNTER-PLANTATION NATION--Laurent Dubois
- ENEMY OF THE
Assistant Professor of History, African Diaspora
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=66702
(APPLICATION LINK AND INSTRUCTIONS BELOW)
The School of History and Sociology (https://hsoc.gatech.edu/) at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in the history of the African Diaspora. The chronological specialty is open; however, we welcome scholarship that focuses on the period prior to the 20th century, treating the African diaspora in North, South or Central America, Africa, Europe, or Asia. This hire could align with
Haitian women are regarded as the poto mitan (central pillar) of Haitian society. As caregivers, warriors, healers, artisans, traders, cultivators, manbos, storytellers, companions and agitators, they have been vital agents in shaping the fortunes of Haiti’s revolutionary anticolonial encounters and its quest for sovereignty and legitimation as an independent state.
The Newberry Library's long-standing fellowship program provides outstanding scholars with the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking scholarship.
In addition to the library's collections, fellows are supported by a collegial interdisciplinary community of researchers, curators, and librarians. An array of scholarly and public programs also contributes to an engaging intellectual environment.