25313: (announce) RE: Haitian Studies 17th Annual Conference (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Haitian Studies Project <Hsa@umb.edu>

 SAVE THE DATE!!!

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Attached please find a CALL FOR PAPERS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS for the 17th Annual conference of the Haitian Studies Association (H.S.A) to be held at the University of Massachusetts Boston on October 13-15, 2005.  Please mark your calendar and inform friends and the community at large to save the date. This conference will bring together people from throughout the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, Latin and Central America, Africa and Europe. We are inviting each of you to submit proposals for single papers or panel presentations on issues related to Haiti and Haitians in the Diaspora focusing on the theme of this year's conference. For additional information on the conference, please contact Cassandra Villari at hsa@umb.edu

Haitian Studies Project
M-2-211
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, Ma 02125-3393
(617) 287-7138/ 7166
Fax (617) 287-6797 / 6799



The Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Haitian Studies Association (H.S.A)

October 13-15, 2005 * Campus Center * Ballroom A

University of Massachusetts Boston

Boston, Massachusetts 02125-3393



Theme:

'HAITI CHÉRIE': CREATING NEW PATHWAYS FOR TOMORROW



The Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Haitian Studies association, to be held on

October 13-15, 2005, at the University of Massachusetts Boston, will be

devoted to the theme 'Haiti Chérie': Creating New Pathways for Tomorrow.

As Haiti enters its third century, it has reached yet another crossroad at which it needs to reevaluate its past and set its course for the future. The 17th annual conference of the Haitian Studies Association will foster dialogues about the abundant richness of Haiti's heritage, capture the creative spirit of its people, envision solutions to its present impasse, and trace new pathways for the future.

The 17th Annual Conference is accepting panel proposals, and individual papers on all aspects of Haiti's rich legacy, past, present, and future. Among the topics that might be considered are Haiti's distinguished historical, cultural, and political traditions that have shaped the creative spirit of its people. Creating new pathways for tomorrow is rooted in the conception of envisioned models that rely on fundamental choices between continuity with the past and change for the future. The presentations may examine economic and political possibilities that lay ahead.  Participants may focus on issues crossing multiple race/class/gender and population lines and covering topics from forced migration, life histories, immigration, environment, health, contemporary Haitian popular culture and arts are strongly encouraged.



 Deadline for submission is June 15, 2005.



For additional information please contact Cassandra Villari at: hsa@umb.edu



Haitian Studies Project

University of Massachusetts Boston

Boston, Ma 02125-3393

Tel: (617) 287-7138 or 7166 Fax: (617) 287-6797










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