Workshop of the Coloniality Working Group, Fernand Braudel Center

October 16th, 1999

Lecture Hall 7

From 8:00am to 6:00pm

PROGRAM

8:00-8:45 Breakfast

8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks

9:00-10:30 PANEL #1

Facilitator: Vandana Swami

Vicente L. Rafael, UC-San Diego

"Area Studies and the Accidents of Agency"

William G. Martin, Binghamton U.

"African Studies and the Struggle for Africa: Africanists vs. Africans vs.

African-Americanists?"

10:30-10:45 COFFEE BREAK

10:45-12:45 PANEL #2

Facilitator: Rafael Landrón

Vik Chaubey, Binghamton U.

"The Historical Construction of Identity Formation in the United States,

1880-1920"

Agustín Laó, UMass-Amherst

"Latin/o Americanism: Crossing Genealogies and Trespassing Borders"

Catherine John, U. of Oklahoma

"Maybe It's a Big Momma Thang: Reclaiming the 'Power of the Erotic' from

the 'Demonic Ground' of Black Female Sexuality"

12:45-1:45 LUNCH BREAK

1:45-3:15 PANEL #3

Facilitator: Ruben R. Chandrasekar

Eda Henao, BMCC-CUNY

"(Re)(De)Forming Maroonage in the Works of Julia Alvarez, Rosario Ferré,

and Ana Lydia Vega"

Biray Kirli, Binghamton U.

"From Orientalism to Area Studies: The Dynamics of the Transformation"

3:15-3:30 COFFEE BREAK

3:30-5:00 PANEL #4

Facilitator: Tu Huynh

Donald Pease, Dartmouth College

"C.L.R. James, Moby Dick and The Emergence of Transnational American

Studies"

Greg Thomas, UNC-Chapel Hill

"Sounds Like Mass Black Music Been All Up N Ya Area: Seeing "'Gender &

Sexuality' Studies" in Its Neo-Colonial Context"

5:00-6:00 CLOSING PLENARY

Facilitator: Kelvin Santiago-Valles

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