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African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) in Florida International University’s School of International and Public Affairs is organizing a one-day symposium titled, “Globalization, the ‘Crisis’ of Capitalism, and the Obama Presidency: African and African Diasporic Perspectives on Multiculturalism and Cosmopolitan Conviviality.” The event takes place in the Graham Center Ballrooms of the FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The symposium is free and open to the public.
This event will highlight the renewed relevance of African and African diasporic perspectives in the discussion of current issues. It will feature four plenary sessions structured around the presentations of four top scholars:
Amiri Baraka (Independent Scholar)
Monopoly Capitalism and the Obama Presidency
Kamari Clarke (Yale University)
Blackness in an Age of Global Capitalism, Humanitarianism and “New” African Diasporic Formations
Carlos Moore (Independent Scholar)
Opening up Cuba to the Global Economy: Fostering Democracy or Re-Empowering Cuba’s Former Elite by Proxy?
Francis Abiola Irele (Harvard University)
An Identity of Passions
“The symposium will demonstrate the high intellectual aspirations of African and African Diaspora Studies at FIU. The event will also commemorate and publicize throughout FIU and South Florida communities a new chapter in the program’s institutional life,” said Jean Rahier, AADS director and associate professor of anthropology in the Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies.
“The program has undergone three fundamental changes,” added Rahier. “The transformation of its name from ‘African-New World Studies’ to “African & African Diaspora Studies” better reflects the research interests of our diverse faculty. The program’s main offices have relocated from FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus to the Modesto A. Maidique Campus, on the third floor of the Labor Center Building. And, AADS is now a program within the newly formed School of International and Public Affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences.”
Following the symposium, AADS will host a West African Dinner-Soirée, featuring catered West African cuisine (including fish pies; olleleh; fish benachin; lamb benachin; chicken yassa; vegetable rice; sorrel, baobab, and ginger juices); cultural dance performances by the Senegambia Cultural Dance Troupe; drumming and dance by the Bia Tama Drumming Group; masquerade performance by the West African Masquerade Society; and a variety of cultural and popular music by DJ King Solomon Sounds. Starting at 7 p.m., the event is an opportunity to showcase the enriching cultural dimensions of AADS activities. Tickets are priced at $30 per person.
For more information, contact African and African Diaspora Studies at 305-348-6860 or africana@fiu.edu.
• “Globalization, the ‘Crisis’ of Capitalism, and the Obama Presidency: African and African Diasporic Perspectives on Multiculturalism and Cosmopolitan Conviviality”
October 30, 2009 | 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Graham Center Ballrooms | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL
The symposium is co-sponsored by:
School of International and Public Affairs
Ruth K. and Shepard Broad International Lecture Series
Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Center
• West African Dinner-Soirée
Featuring West African Cuisine, Dance, and Music
October 30, 2009 | 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. | Graham Center Ballrooms | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL
African & African Diaspora Studies (AADS) is an integral part of the School of International and Public Affairs at FIU. AADS is one of the leading programs in the United States for the study of the peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa and their experiences, as well as the communities of the African diaspora in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. The program features a robust interdisciplinary curriculum, cutting-edge research agendas and active outreach programs. Its core and affiliated faculty comprise a distinct group of globally-oriented scholars with specializations that range from the humanities and social sciences to environmental studies, law and social justice, health sciences, education and international business. AADS academic offerings include undergraduate and graduate certificate programs, (including a fully online undergraduate certificate), a Master of Arts degree program, and a combined MA in African and African Diaspora Studies with a Ph.D. in International Relations or Ph.D. in Global and Sociocultural Studies.
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This is very nice!!!
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Dear Sir :
It is about time that we have the opportunity to participate in conferences of this nature. True knowledge allways will be power for the mind and the intelect.
Jimmy R. Aycart-ADE
Blah, blah, blah…
Who cares about Sub Saharan Africa? We give them billions of our tax dollars and get nothing in return. This is nothing more than an anti-capitalist rally for those who support institutionalized welfare and wealth redistribution.
Jim claims that we invest in Africa, but “get nothing from Africa in return”. Look at that chip in your cell phone and tell me where that coltan comes from? Then explain why you can afford a cell phone, (some are offered for free with new plans!). Most of the resources used for technology are extracted from Africa, for a pittance of what they’re worth, and your return on that investment is disposable technology that most in the West can afford.
Moreover, Africa has given “us” copious amounts of resources, including but not limited to human capital, which is the foundation of our status as an economic superpower. You live large because slaves built this cushy country we enjoy so much. Read Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams.
Apparently we invest billions of tax dollars in public education, which judging by your ignorance, we get nothing in return.