“Blacks in Boston: Black … and Immigrant”
A South Africa Event on 2016-04-02 00:00:00
ABOUT THE BLACKS IN BOSTON CONFERENCE
Last held in 2000, the African & African Diaspora Studies Program (AADS) revives its “Blacks in Boston” conference series. The theme for this one-day event is "Blacks in Boston: Black … and Immigrant.” This theme is designed to engage current issues in the US immigration debate, and to explore what black immigrants and immigration bring to this conversation. Working with a planning committee composed of BC faculty and administrators as well as local community organizations that serve immigrant populations and work for civil rights for residents in Boston and New England, “Blacks in Boston: Black … and Immigrant” encourages submissions on the following suggested topics:
– Definitions of “black” in sending and receiving countries
– Citizenship and belonging for black Americans
– Making home – social and cultural contributions (Music, Visual
Arts, Literature) to the receiving country
– Immigration as a black civil rights issue
– Waves of black immigration to Boston/New England/New England from the Caribbean, Africa, and Central and South America
– Black, immigrant, and the nation
– Why immigrate? Why New England? (1965 Immigration Act, 1990 Immigration Act [“Diversity Immigrants”], trade/family networks, guest worker programs)
CALL FOR PAPERS
All proposal materials must be submitted by Thursday, 15 October 2015, 11:59 EST via INTERFOLIO at http://apply.interfolio.com/30246.
To register for the conference please click here.
Please view the Call For Papers flyer here. Gasson Hall, Room 100
Gasson Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
at Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, United States
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