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2006 African and African Diaspora Conference
Welcome
Eastern Illinois University will be hosting an international
conference on the theme “Images of African Peoples: Photography,
History and Culture in Africa and the African Diaspora,” from
March 31 to April 2, 2006 in Charleston, Illinois. The topics
to be explored at the conference includes, but not limited to
the following:
- photography and African and African Diaspora identity
- photography as a tool for cultural expression and awareness
- photographs as sources for historical reconstruction
- gender and photography
- photography, anthropologists and the black female body
- photography, race, ethnicity and representation
- social and political uses of photographs – anti-colonial struggles and the civil rights movements
- photographs as visual and cultural memories
- African and African Diaspora images in films
- photography, black femininity and masculinity
- children as photographic subjects, photography
- photography and environmental and ecological history.
Prospective conference participants are advised to submit a 250-word
paper abstract with the following information:
- author’s name,
- address,
- institutional affiliation,
- telephone,
- and e-mail address
The closing date for submitting paper proposals is November 30, 2005.
Send abstracts to: cfowo@eiu.edu
Dr. Onaiwu W. Ogbomo
African American Studies
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
E-mail: cfowo@eiu.edu
Phone: (217) 581-6433
Fax: (217) 581-6598
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