The 'Alternative' African Diaspora: Interdisciplinary Roundtables on Emergent, Oppositional and New Discourses in the Field

Organized by the University of Hawai`i Faculty of African Descent

Opening Reception and Dinner (Thursday, January 15, 2009)

Location: Hibiscus Ballroom, Ala Moana Hotel
Registration is required: $55 (includes dinner, program, and entertainment). Click here for the registration form

Keynote Address: Why Diaspora? Rethinking African Peoples and Power in the Twenty-First Century
Kim D. Butler, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Conference Roundtables (Friday, January 16, 2009)

Location: Imin Conference Center, East-West Center, adjacent to Mānoa Campus, University of Hawai`i
Free and open to the public. Option of breakfast and lunch with speakers available for $35 (with registration).

9:00am	-	10:20am	Roundtable I - Black European Studies: A New Field Emerges
10:30am	-	11:50am	Roundtable II - By Land, Sea and Cyber: Alternative Spaces of Black Culture, Identity and Diaspora
12:30pm	-	1:45pm	Screening - Holding Fast the Dream: Hawai`i's African American Experience
2:00pm	-	3:30pm	Roundtable III - Changing and Challenging Socio-Political Discourses: Multiculturalism, Transnational Politics and Black Political Arenas

Questions about registration? Contact:	UH Conference Center - 808.956.8204 (FAX 808.956.3364).
For conference information contact:	Dr. Elisa Joy White - ejwhite@hawaii.edu - 808.956.2824