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Tulane to Host Talks for Haitian Studies Association Conference on Paradoxes, Contradictions, and Intersections in the Making of a People

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The Haitian Studies Association will hold its 29th Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, a site that offers scholars a look at how the “making of the people” occurs outside of the geopolitical spaces associated with a nation-state. Indeed, the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804 forced not only the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, but also the migration of slaves, slave owners, and free blacks and mulattos between the two former French territories. These movements of people led to the creation of new spaces where migrants linked to an emergent Haiti would become part of a new North American dynamic also characterized by inequalities and exclusion.

The Haitian Studies Association seeks a diverse set of scholarly interrogations of these themes from disciplines across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. We are especially interested in fully constituted panels, and will prioritize panels that speak directly to our themes and attempt an interdisciplinary dialogue.

Panel and roundtable proposals are to be no longer than 500 words, clearly listing the individual paper titles and authors. Individual paper abstracts should be around 250 words. Presenters are expected to register for the conference in advance to ensure their names are in the program.

Proposals with be accepted until June 1st, 2017. Fore information regarding the conference and guidelines for proposals, click here.

Call for Papers: Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018 Conference

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The Association for Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC) seeks session proposals for its 29th Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 21-24, 2018, hosted by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University.

This year’s theme, “Study Abroad: Meeting the Challenges of Cultural Engagement,” includes a variety of paper topics, including:

• New Orleans after Katrina: The impact of the growing Hispanic population which came to help with rebuilding and has since stayed on
• Interdisciplinary Institutional Content Assessment: How to best track what students are doing overseas and the benefits for our campuses
• Global Partnerships through Peer Collaboration: How we can better work with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Research Collaborations – U.S.-Latin America: Faculty led/student participation in on-site studies
• Anglo-Hispanic Challenges: Cross-cultural understanding through experiential learning and study abroad
• Strategic Partnerships: How we can enhance protocols between our schools in the US and those in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Strengthening AAPLAC Relationships through Inter-Organization Mentoring: How we can enhance protocols amongst our schools in the US
• Latina Empowerment: More women on study abroad programs: How we can take advantage of this bond between women of the North and the South
• Rethinking Mobility: How is the student’s identity compromised/enhanced abroad?
• Community-Based Partnerships: How students can learn as they engage with local communities in working type environments
• Crossing Borders: The eternal quest for a global space as students interact with the other
• Global Xenophobia on the Rise of Brexit/Trump? What is our role?
• Cuba: Future U.S. Relations – Impact on Study Abroad

Please visit the Call For Papers web page to download the proposal template, timeline, and more information about the conference.

For questions, please contact Laura Wise Person at 862-8629 or lwise1_at_tulane.edu.