Research Activities
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Research ActivitiesDigital Archiving Projects Audiovisual Preservation Exchange (APEX): GhanaVisiting Scholars 2009-2010Annalisa ButticciXerxes MalkiAngelique V. NixonCritical Perspectives in Africana Studies This is an interdisciplinary research forum within which new and innovative ideas contributing to contemporary forms of knowledge about people of Africa and African ancestry worldwide—are presented. These seminar series will engage old and new inquiries that explore the transnational and national histories, cultures and politics within the field of Africana Studies. Our key themes this year are -- “Migrations and Immigrations: African Theory/Theories of Africana” and “Africans and Imaginaries of Alternative Modernities.” We will also explore sub themes on “Cities,” “Subjectivities and Citizenships,” “Gender and Sexualities,” “Race and Class.” The outcome of our project is to invigorate offerings in our undergraduate and graduate curriculum, as well as developing intellectual inquiries that will inform a future Ph.D. curriculum in Africana studies. Our project envisions the development of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research in the histories, cultures, economies, politics, languages and cultural practices (such as the fine arts, film, photography, performances) of Africans in Africa, the Americas –North and South, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia- Pacific and the Middle-East. The seminar series will combine work by NYU faculty, post-doctoral fellows, as well as invited presentations by scholars from other institutions whose seminars will focus on regional or comparative approaches on African-American, African, Caribbean, Afro-Latino, Afro-European, Afro-Pacific and Afro-Middle East articulations of the two broad themes. Awam Amkpa and Michael Ralph are co-coordinators of the series. Past event dates: Wednesday, November 19th 6:00 - 9:00 PM Department of Social & Cultural Analysis 41 East 11th St, 7th Floor Gallery Space Speaker: Carina Ray, PhD (Assistant Professor, Department of History - Fordham University) "Insurgent Sex: Interracial Desire, Riots, and the Rise of Anti-Colonialism in the Gold Coast" Wednesday, December 10th 6:00 - 9:00 PM 19 University Place, Great Room - 1st Fl Speakers TBA |
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