10th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Interdisciplinary Conference, James Madison University, Feb 20-21, 2020

Daniel Beers Announcement
Location
Virginia, United States
Subject Fields
African American History / Studies, African History / Studies, Black History / Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences

10th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Interdisciplinary Conference

James Madison University, Feb 20-21, 2020

 

The African, African American, and Diaspora Studies program at James Madison University invites proposals for its annual interdisciplinary conference, to be held on the campus of JMU in Harrisonburg, Virginia on February 20-21, 2020. This year's theme is “Black Temporalities: Past, Present, and Future.” Ranging across topics from oral history to Afrofuturism, the conference will bring together a group of scholars from a wide variety of overlapping and intersecting fields. We welcome proposals from scholars in all relevant disciplines at any point in their scholarly careers. Proposals for 20-minute presentations or 60-minute panels could address topics such as these:

 

Afrofuturism

Archaeology

Black Digital Humanities

Commemorative Practices

Continuity

Environmental Justice

History

Humanisms

Memory

Modernism

Modernity

Myth

Oral Histories

Postcolonial and Decolonial Knowledges

Posthumanisms

Queer Futurities

Reclamation

Reparations

Rupture

Science and Technology

Slow Violence

Speculative Fiction

Trauma

Witnessing 

 

Please send any questions and/or 300-word presentation proposals (or 1000-word panel proposals) to aaadstudies@jmu.edu by October 15, 2019. Proposals should include a presentation and/or panel title, along with each presenter’s name, institutional affiliation, email address, and a brief bio. Panel proposals must include at least three panelists.

 

Decisions will be made by Nov. 15, 2019. Updates regarding conference registration and accommodation details will be posted to www.aaadjmu.com and will be provided to presenters as the conference date draws near.

 

Contact Email
aaadstudies@jmu.edu