UPCOMING EVENTS
Here at UMass...
Du Bois Department
2012 Annual
Graduation Celebration
May 11th at 12 noon
Shirley Graham Du Bois Reading Room
2nd floor, New Africa House
All of our doctoral students, majors, minors, and your families are invited to attend!
Please RSVP us as soon as possible so we can order enough food for all.
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97th Annual ASALH Convention
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) next convention will be September 26 -30 2012, at the Westin Convention Center | Pittsburgh, PA. It will follow the 2012 National Black History Theme: Black Women in American Culture and History. For details, go to http://www.asalh.org/annualconvention.html
55th Annual Meeting
Established in 1957, the African Studies Association is the largest organization with a global membership devoted to enhancing the exchange of information about Africa. Its next meeting is November 29 – December 1, 2012, at the
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown |
Philadelphia, PA. The theme is
“Research Frontiers in the Study of Africa.” For details, click here.
37th Annual NCBS National Conference
The National Council for Black Studies, Inc. will meet March 14-16, 2013, at the Westin Downtown in Indianapolis, IN. SUBMISSIONS for presentations and registration is possible now. See http://www.ncbsonline.org for details.
ASWAD's 7th Biennial conference
Save the date! will be held October 30 - November 2, 2013 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. For details, see http://www.aswadiaspora.org/
4th International Conference of Afro-Latin American Studies
The ICALAS, which has as its mission to promote the intellectual debate and research of the African Diaspora in Latin America by providing an international venue every other year as well as a journal, Negritud, the Journal of Afro-Latin American Studies [Negritud: Revista de Estudios Afro-Latinoamericanos], announces its 4th International Conference, to be held in 2014. Please see http://www.negritud.com/index.html for details.
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