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Performing Diaspora 2013: Conference Details
Date: Saturday June 1 2013 Time: 10am – 6pm Venue: ACW 109 (Accolade West), York University (Keele Campus), *Please see Directions tab for more information Registration: $10.00 *Please register at: http://performingdiaspora.wordpress.com/registration/
Performing Diaspora 2013 featured on ActiveHistory.ca!
On February 4th a group of academics, students and community members came together to explore the intersection of the past and the present in making African identities in the Americas. The “Contemporary Griot” event, organized by the Performing Diaspora project <http://performingdiaspora.wordpress.com/about/>, combined a … Continue reading
Conference Call for Papers (The History of Urban Music in Toronto) — EXTENDED to February 15
Performing Diaspora 2013 York University, Toronto ON 1 June 2013 performingdiaspora.wordpress.com CALL FOR PAPERS We are seeking proposals for the 2013 edition of Performing Diaspora: The History of Urban Music in Toronto (on June 1st, 2013). We encourage papers from a wide … Continue reading
PROMOTIONAL POSTER for “Contemporary Griot”
Final Details: “Contemporary Griot”
On February 4th 2013, The Harriet Tubman Institute will host a film research event which will feature academics, documentary filmmakers and performers who have interrogated the ways in which addressing the complexities of individual stories can disrupt the overwhelmingly homogeneous representations of … Continue reading
Date Change for Conference on The History of Urban Music in Toronto
Please note that the date of our Performing Diaspora conference on The History of Urban Music in Toronto has now been CHANGED to Saturday June 1st, 2013. Below, you will find a copy of our upcoming CFP (deadline for submissions: … Continue reading
War Child and Emmanuel Jal Added to “Contemporary Griot” Film Series
The second, and final film presented at this year’s “Contemporary Griot” Performing Diaspora 2013 event will be War Child. War Child (http://www.warchildmovie.com/) is the story of Emmanuel Jal, who at the age of seven left home and one year later was carrying … Continue reading
Announcing “Contemporary Griot” Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pablo Idahosa
For our 2013 Performing Diaspora kick off event, a film series titled “Contemporary Griot,” we will be joined by Dr. Pablo Idahosa as our keynote speaker. Dr. Idahosa, professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Coordinator of the African Studies … Continue reading
