Throughout time, humans have crisscrossed regions of the world and the entire globe to share, trade, and conquer. Despite this constant in human history many see our present time as the "age of globalization." Especially during the last decade, demonstrations, meetings, books and documentaries have focused on this phenomenon, but not sufficiently on people of the African Diaspora. The Central Pennsylvania Consortium addresses this through the 2004 African American Studies Conference, "Globalizations and the African World" on February 27-28 at Gettysburg College.
The conference asks artists and academics to investigate various epochs of globalization, and how African peoples have shaped and been shaped by globalization. An opening plenary, panels, and a number of performance events will explore the issues from a variety of disciplinary and artistic traditions.
Call for Papers
The organizers invite academics, artists, activists and students to submit proposals for papers (maximum 300 words). Please consult the conference website to describe how the proposal fits into one of the sessions topics. Proposals for complete panels are welcome.
Proposals should be sent as an attached document (MS Word) to the email address below by November 30th 2003. Notification ofacceptance will be by December 10th. 2003.
Mwangi Githinji
Box 391
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg PA 17325
Phone: (717)337-6791
Fax: (717)337-6157
Email: mgithinj@gettysburg.edu
Visit the website at www.gettysburg.edu/academics/aas/Conference.