Panels on Memory and Heritage of Slavery in Brazil and the South Atlantic Region

Conference of the Brazilian Studies Association (September 6-8, 2012, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

PANEL 1: 9:00-10:45, September 7, 2012 (Friday)

1.6 Memory and Heritage of Slavery in Brazil and the South Atlantic Region, I
LOCAL: Levis Faculty Center 2nd floor

Panel Leader:
Mariana P. Candido, Princeton University

“A Black Hug, A Black Smile Brings Happiness”: The Church of Our Lady of Rosary of Black Men
(Salvador, Bahia), A Site of Memory of Slavery
Ana Lucia Araujo, Howard University

Memória do Cativeiro e Luta pelo Reconhecimento do Patrimônio Cultural Afrodescendente
Martha Abreu, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Between Racial Democracy and Affirmative Action: Contemporary Questions of Slavery Memory in
Rio de Janeiro
André Cicalo, Freie University Berlin

A Taste of Slavery: Bahia’s Past Explored through Gastronomic Artworks
Kimberly Cleveland, Georgia State University

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PANEL 2: 11:15-13:00, September 7, 2012 (Friday)

2.7 Memory and Heritage of Slavery in Brazil and the South Atlantic Region, II (Levis Faculty
Center 2nd Floor)

Panel Leader:
Ana Lucia Araujo, Howard University

Memória da Escravidão e do Tráfico Atlântico de Escravos na Construção da Identidade
Quilombola
Hebe Mattos, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Embodied Memory and the Aesthetic Canvas of Afro-Brazilian Candomblé
Cheryl Sterling, New York University

A coleção africana no Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Mariza de Carvalho Soares, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Uncomfortable Pasts: Talking About Slavery in Angola
Mariana Candido, Princeton University
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(H/T Harriet Tubman Institute)