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13th Annual Chris Gray Memorial Lecture - Interdisciplinarity and Interpretation: Notes from African Urban Studies
African & African Diaspora Studies Program, Florida International University
Professor Ato Quayson, Stanford University
Free Live WebinarWithout a doubt, significant contemporary global and societal issues are forcing universities to re-examine their curricula to ensure students are prepared to meet the challenges of today’s world. But in these novel configurations of interdisciplinarity, what role does humanistic inquiry play? Join us for a conversation with author and scholar Ato Quayson, who will share his innovative vision of interdisciplinarity in higher education and how this has shaped his teaching and research in African urban studies. Dr. Quayson’s re-thinking of interdisciplinarity from a humanistic and interpretive perspective offers a unique approach to building a truly inclusive and holistic university curriculum for the 21st century.
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10th Annual AADS Humanities Afternoon - Brownstones to Beloved: Diasporic Crossings in the Works of Toni Morrison and Paule Marshall
African & African Diaspora Studies Program, Florida International University
The 10th Annual AADS Humanities Afternoon will recognize the work of two trailblazing Black women writers who have made groundbreaking contributions to the development of the African Diasporic literacy tradition. Both Marshall and Morrison have centered the role of women, not just as cultural bearers of the African presence in the Americas, but as key actors in the preservation of our cultural historiography, our hopes and dreams, our brilliance and virtuosity, our spirit of resilience and transformation against seemingly impossible odds.
Keynote Speaker Dr. Carole Boyce Davies, Cornell University
RoundTable Discussion-Panelists:
Dr. Patricia Saunders, Associate Professor, University of Miami
Dr. Donette Francis, Associate Professor, University of Miami
Dr. Donna Aza Weir Soley, Associate Professor, Florida International University
Dr. Michael Grafals, Instructor, Florida International University
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The 17th Annual Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture
Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University
This flyer promotes an event for The 17th Annual Eric E.Williams Memorial Lecture, featuring the Honorable Dr. Ralph Everard Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The event was held on October 23, 2015.
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The 17th Annual Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture- The US-Cuba Accord: How the Caribbean Paved the Way
Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University
This flyer promotes an event for The 17th Annual Eric E.Williams Memorial Lecture, featuring the Honorable Dr. Ralph Everard Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The event was held on October 23, 2015 at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Florida International University.
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From Local to Global: Rethinking Yoruba Religious Traditions for the Next Millennium
Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University and African New World Studies, Florida International University
Program for a major international conference on Yoruba religious traditions organized by Professor Jacob K. Olupona and Professor Terry Rey, co-sponsored by the Florida International University Department of Religious Studies and African-New World Studies Program. December 9-12, 1999. Kovens Conference Center.
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