ASWAD CONFERENCE - CALL FOR PAPERS

You are invited to participate in the fourth conference of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD), to be held October 9-12, 2007, in Barbados. The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill is hosting the conference as its Signature Program for the year, with co-sponsorship from New York University.

In commemoration of the Bicentennial of the British and American Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the theme of the conference is INTERROGATIONS OF FREEDOM: MEMORIES, MEANINGS, MIGRATIONS.

The conference will be research driven, featuring panels organized in ways which effectively stimulate discourse across geographic, disciplinary, cultural, and theoretical boundaries. All geographic areas will be represented, including Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Paper and panel proposals that incorporate gender and women as categories of analysis are encouraged.

Proposals

Please send a two-page abstract (for either a single presentation or a panel) and a one-page cv (or one-page multiple cv's) by MARCH 1, 2007. They can be sent prior to submitting the registration fee, and are to be sent electronically via email attachment to: Barbados07@nyu.edu 

Other queries (but not abstracts; please send all abstracts to barbados07@nyu.edu) can be addressed to:

Michael Gomez

Dept. of History

New York University

53 Washington Sq South

NY, NY 10012-1098

Ofc: 212-998-8624

Fax: 212-995-4017

michael.gomez@nyu.edu

We intend to post papers on our website, and some may be selected for publication. If you do not wish your paper to appear in either format, please clearly indicate such. Completed materials should be submitted in publishable form prior to October 9th.

Please do not delay in submitting your abstracts!

Conference Registration Fees

ASWAD Members:

Academics and Professionals (General Membership) based in North America and Europe: US $75

Retired Academics and Professionals (General Membership) based in North America and Europe: US $50

Academics and Professionals (General Membership) based elsewhere: US $25

Barbadian Nationals: no registration fee required

Students: no registration fee required

Non-ASWAD Members:

Academics and Professionals based in North America and Europe: US $140

Retired Academics and Professionals based in North America and Europe: US $80

Academics and Professionals based elsewhere: US $50

Barbadian Nationals: no registration fee required

Students: no registration fee required

ASWAD Membership

Membership rates are posted on our website www.aswadiaspora.org, and are provided below. You may start or renew your membership for 2007 (hopefully you've done so in 2006) by following instructions posted on the site.

ASWAD Membership Dues

A. Dues for Full Academic Membership shall be US $50 per year for those based in North America and Europe, US $10 for those based elsewhere.

B. Dues for Student Membership shall be US $15 per year for those based in North America and Europe, $0 for those based elsewhere.

C. Dues for General Membership shall be US $50 per year for those based in North America and Europe, US $10 for those based elsewhere.

D. Dues for Retiree Membership shall be US $15 per year for those based in North America and Europe, $0 for those based elsewhere.

E. Dues for Institutional Membership shall be US $100 per year.

F. Dues for Lifetime Membership shall be US $1000 for those based in North America and Europe, US $100 for those based elsewhere.

Checks only, please. You may pay both registration and membership fees at the same time.

Accommodations

The Hilton Barbados will serve as the host hotel and site of most activities.

Hilton Barbados

Needham's Point

St.Michael BB 11000

Barbados

Tel: 246 426 0200

Fax: 246 434 5792

www.hiltoncaribbean.com/barbados

A block of rooms has been reserved, but availability will diminish quickly. You need to make your reservations directly with the Hilton, and you have until August 24, 2007 to make them, after which the rooms will be released.

The preferred group rate is $175 per room (not including taxes), per night, single or double occupancy. The same rate will be available both 3 days before and 3 days following the dates of the conference, should you wish to extend your stay. The conference will officially end Friday afternoon, October 12, 2007.

Please refer to the ASWAD Room Block when making your reservation; if you are doing so via telephone, make sure to speak directly to a Hilton Barbados Reservation Agent in the Reservations Department (246-426-0200). Otherwise, you may email Reservations (reservations.barbados@hilton.com).

OR download the group reservation fax sheet at:

http://www.aswadiaspora.org/ASWAD2007.html#resForm

See you in Barbados!

ASWAD EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jean Allman

Abena Busia                                                         

Yvonne Daniel

Carol Boyce Davies               

Howard Dodson                                                

Michael A. Gomez                          

Robert A. Hill

Jayne Ifekwunigwe                                                                                                

Francis Abiola Irele

Joseph C. Miller                                                                                

James Millette                                                                                 

Micere Githae Mugo                                                                             

Colin Palmer         

Kelvin A. Santiago-Valles

Verene A. Shepherd                                       

Julio Cesar de Souza Tavares                                                                                  

Sterling Stuckey

Rosalyn Terborg-Penn       

Sheila S. Walker                                                       

Margaret Washington

Michael A. Gomez

Professor and Chair, Department of History

Director, Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)

New York University

53 Washington Square South, 7th Flr

New York, NY 10012-1098

212-998-8618

212-998-8624

212-995-4017 (Fax)