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.
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