CALL FOR PAPERS
DEADLINE: April 30, 2001
"Rethinking Diasporic Literature: Celebrating the Literary Contributions of
African Peoples from Europe, Canada, and Latin America"
October 13, 2001
Stony Brook University at State University of New York
Department of Africana Studies
Transatlantic, Diasporic, and Postcolonial Studies have opened doors for
the exploration of literature that has been traditionally ignored by the
academy. Fields of study relative to Afro-European, Afro-Canadian, and
Afro-Latin literatures in English have been overshadowed by the more recognized and
established canons such as African American, Caribbean, and African literature.
"Rethinking Diasporic Literature" will allow students and scholars to
critically engage in a range of theoretical, pedagogical, and cultural
issues pursuant to writers of Africa descent who are located throughout the
Diaspora.
This one-day symposium will include presentations along with roundtable
discussions.
Proposed Papers/Panels should address (but are not limited to) the
following:
1) Canon formation: Do we recognize an established canon for the particular
field of study? If so, what writers are included/excluded?
2) Defining Literature: How is the literature in question defined? For
example, how does one define Black German, Black Brazilian, Black British,
Black Canadian Literature? What works and authors are included under this
category?
3) Pedagogy: How is the literature taught. Is the literature part of a
Pan-African, Caribbean, or Postcolonial Literature course or is the
literature taught as a focused study course?
4) Research and Methodology: Suggested recommendations for effective ways
to locate and access primary and secondary sources--electronically and
traditionally.
Please send abstracts (no more than 500 words) to:
Dr. T. Walters
Department of Africana Studies
Stony Brook, State University of New York
Stony Brook, New York, 11794-3391
e-mail: traceyl@prodigy.net
phone: 631-632-7470
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