{"id":66699,"date":"2016-03-25T11:50:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T09:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/blacks-in-boston-black-and-immigrant\/"},"modified":"2016-03-25T11:50:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T09:50:45","slug":"blacks-in-boston-black-and-immigrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/blacks-in-boston-black-and-immigrant\/","title":{"rendered":"“Blacks in Boston: Black … and Immigrant”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Blacks in Boston: Black … and Immigrant”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A South Africa Event on 2016-04-02 00:00:00<\/i><\/p>\n

ABOUT THE BLACKS IN BOSTON CONFERENCE<\/p>\n

Last held in 2000, the\u00a0African & African Diaspora Studies Program (AADS)<\/b>\u00a0revives its \u201cBlacks in Boston\u201d conference series. The theme for this one-day event is "Blacks in Boston: Black … and Immigrant.\u201d 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, \u201cBlacks in Boston: Black … and Immigrant\u201d encourages submissions on the following suggested topics:<\/p>\n

– Definitions of \u201cblack\u201d in sending and receiving countries<\/p>\n

– Citizenship and belonging for black Americans<\/p>\n

– Making home \u2013 social and cultural contributions (Music, Visual<\/p>\n

Arts, Literature) to the receiving country<\/p>\n

– Immigration as a black civil rights issue<\/p>\n

– Waves of black immigration to Boston\/New England\/New England from the Caribbean, Africa, and Central and South America<\/p>\n

– Black, immigrant, and the nation<\/p>\n

– Why immigrate? Why New England? (1965 Immigration Act, 1990 Immigration Act [\u201cDiversity Immigrants\u201d], trade\/family networks, guest worker programs)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

CALL FOR PAPERS<\/b><\/p>\n

All proposal materials must be submitted by\u00a0Thursday, 15 October 2015, 11:59 EST<\/b>\u00a0via INTERFOLIO at\u00a0http:\/\/apply.interfolio.com\/30246<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

To register for the conference please click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please view the Call For Papers flyer\u00a0here<\/a>. <\/i> Gasson Hall, Room 100<\/a>
Gasson Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

at Boston College<\/a>
\n140 Commonwealth Avenue
\nChestnut Hill, United States<\/p>\n

Add your South Africa<\/em> event for free here<\/a> on MyZA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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