Angola, Cuba, Afro-Caribbean: Culture, Race and Identity Formation Workshop
Friday, February 28th, from 2:15pm to 7:00pm at the Photonics Building, 8 St. Mary’s Street Boston, MA in Room PHO 206.
Special Thanks to our Sponsors: BU Center for the Humanities, African Studies Center, APARC, Department of English, Latin American Studies Program
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ORDER OF EVENTS |
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2:20 PM |
OPENING REMARKS |
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Linda Heywood | Boston University |
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2:30 PM |
Comments |
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Paul Webster Hare | Boston University |
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2:40 PM |
“Creating Race in Colonial Cuba, Some Preliminary Africanist Thoughts” |
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Karen Morrison | UMASS Amherst |
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3:00 PM |
“Kongo Christians and the Formation of Santería” |
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John Thornton | Boston University |
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3:20 PM |
“Living Multiple Identities: British West Indians in Twentieth Century Cuba” |
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Graciela Chailloux | Universidad de la Habana |
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4:00 PM |
Q&A |
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4:20PM |
INTERMISSION |
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4:35 PM |
“Cuba and Angola: The Search for Cultural Links” |
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Linda Heywood With Caroline Smith CAS ’14 (UROP) | Boston University |
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5:00 PM |
“History of the Future: Debates on Race and History in Contemporary Cuba” |
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Alejandro de la Fuente | Harvard University |
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5:20 PM |
“Fragmentary Race: Cine-Trance in Cuba and the Parodox of the Intellectual Outsider” |
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Rodrigo Lopes de Barros | Boston University |
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5:40 PM |
Q&A |
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6:00 PM |
CLOSING REMARKS |
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Susasn Eckstein | Boston University |
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Linda Heywood | Boston University |
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6:30 PM |
RECEPTION |