INTERVIEW: David Scott x Orlando Patterson on Life, the Academy, and Slavery
In a long interview, Scott and Orlando Patterson discuss the sociologist and novelist’s childhood, education, public service, and books….
Tag Archives: academia
ESSAY: Hahn on the “Legacy Of Eugene Genovese”
“Yet no book of Genovese’s has had the impact of Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made (1974). A long, complex, almost Hegelian treatment of the master-slave relation – […]
NEWS: Two 2011-2012 IGK Fellows Working on Slavery
Two 2011-2012 Internationales Geisteswissenschaftliches Kolleg (IGK) Fellows at the Humboldt University of Berlin are developing projects related to slavery in Africa and the Americas. From the website: Martin Klein is […]
New Journal and CFP: Notes & Records: Journal of African and African Diaspora Studies
Notes & Records: Journal of African and African Diaspora Studies (NRJAADS) Call for Papers Date: 2010-06-04 On behalf of Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies SIRAS), Kentucky State University, and […]
CONF: CAAS at 40: Research and Community Partnerships (UMich)
“The Center for Afroamerican and African Studies is proud to celebrate its 40th anniversary with the conference, CAAS at 40: Research and Community Partnerships. “This three-day conference will feature a […]
Ayiti Kraze / Haiti in Fragments Social Text)
“For some, Haiti is the “poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere,” a “failed state,” long on the brink of collapse. For others, Haiti is a beacon of freedom, evidence of […]
WEB: Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique – Nigeria
Re-launched website: “IFRA-Nigeria is a non profit Institute set up to promote research in the social sciences and the humanities, as well as enhance collaborative work between scholars in France […]
Tardieu on Saving Haiti’s Archives and Libraries
“…But Patrick Tardieu, the 58-year-old curator of Haiti’s oldest library, the Bibliothèque Haitienne des Pères du Saint Esprit, says there is another need almost as important: preserving the country’s memory. […]
CONF: Haiti’s Archives in the Balance
Haiti’s Archives in the Balance Conference featuring Haitian archivist Patrick Tardieu, Haitian historian Jean Casimir, Duke faculty Ian Baucom, Laurent Dubois, Deborah Jenson, and Deborah Jakubs and Digital Library of […]
Patrick Tardieu Joins John Carter Brown Library
“Patrick Tardieu, the chief conservator at Haiti’s oldest library — the Bibliotheque Haitienne des Peres du Saint-Esprit in Port-au-Prince — is the John Carter Brown Library’s newest visiting scholar. Tardieu […]
