Cultural
Politics of the African Diaspora
Profiles of the 2005 Seminar Participants
The following 18 students, who are
enrolled in a variety of graduate programs in the U.S. and abroad, were
selected from more than 50 applicants to participate in the 2005 “Interrogating
the African Diaspora” Summer Seminar, which had for its theme, “African
Diaspora Identities.”
Here they are by alphabetic order:
Marisabel Almer is currently enrolled in
the Ph.D. Program in Anthropology-Ethnology at the University of Michigan. The
paper she applied to the seminar with was entitled: “Remembering Angola: The
Construction of Cuban National Memory During the Angolan Intervention.”
Giulia Bonacci is from France and is
currently enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in History and Civilizations at the
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in France. The paper she applied
to the seminar with was entitled: “Heirs and Pioneers Coming Home: Remapping
the African Diaspora from Ethiopia.”
Christian Campbell is from the Bahamas
and is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in English at Duke University.
The paper he applied to the seminar with was entitled: “Romancing the ‘The
Folk:’ Re-reading the Nation in Caribbean Poetry.”
Tamara Extian-Babiuk is from Canada and
is currently enrolled in the M.A. Program Communications at the McGill
University. The paper she applied to the seminar with was entitled: “Representation of
Slavery in the Montreal Gazette, 1785-1805”
Reena Goldthree is currently enrolled in
the Ph.D. Program in History at Duke Univeristy. The paper she applied to the
seminar with was entitled: “Precious African Links of a Mighty Chain: Amy
Jacques Garvey and the Politics of Pan-Africanism, 1944-1948.”
Xavier Livermon is currently enrolled in
the Ph.D. Program in African Diaspora Studies at the University of California
at Berkeley. The paper he applied to the seminar with was entitled:
“Questioning Queer: Examining the Black Queer Subject in the Post-Apartheid
(Black) Public Sphere.”
Kai Wood Mah is from Canada and is
currently enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in Architecture at McGill University.
The paper he applied to the seminar with was entitled: “Reconstructing
Blackness: Fanny Jackson Coppin and the Institute for Colored Youth.”
Elvina Quiason is from England and is
currently enrolled in the M.A. Program in Migration and Diaspora Studies at the
University of Michigan. The paper she applied to the seminar with was entitled:
“Remembering Angola: The Construction of Cuban National Memory During the
Angolan Intervention.”
Andrea Queeley is currently enrolled in
the Ph.D. Program in Anthropology at the City University of New York. The paper
she applied to the seminar with was entitled: “Black Immigrants and Social
Mobility: A Dream Derailed?.”
Irmary Reyes-Santos is from Puerto Rico
and is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in Literature at the University
of California at San Diego. The paper she applied to the seminar with was
entitled: “Una e Indivisible: Accounts of Haitian-Dominican Relations in the
Island of Saint Domingue/Hispaniola.”
Mario Diego Romero Vergara is from Columbia
and is a professor in History from the Universidad de Valle in Columbia. The
paper he applied to the seminar with was entitled: “Diaspora and Africanness:
Historic Relations Between Africa and Columbia.”
Sybil Rosado is currently enrolled in the
Ph.D. Program in Anthropology at the University of Florida. The paper she
applied to the seminar with was entitled: “Repossessing the Black Body:
Identity Construction and Appearance in the African Diaspora.”
Dara Schoenwald is currently enrolled in
the M.A. Program in Comparative Sociology at Florida International University.
The paper she applied to the seminar with was entitled: “Consuming the Male
Black Body: Capoeira, Tourism, and Ethnosexual Encounters in Bahia, Brazil.”
Devyn Spence is currently enrolled in the
Ph.D. Program in History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The paper she applied to the seminar with was entitled: “On the Corner of 125th
and 7th: Constructing Allies in the Cuban and African American Press, September
1960.”
Carol Subiño Sullivan is currently
enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in Anthropology at Indiana University. The paper
she applied to the seminar with was entitled: “Performing Community, Creating
Diaspora.”
Maziki Thame is from Jamaica and is
currently enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in Government at the University of the
West Indies, Mona Campus. The paper she applied to the seminar with was
entitled: “Making Blackness Invisible: The Politics of Identity Formation in
Jamaica.”
Chantalle Verna just completed her Ph.D.
in Comparative Black History program at Michigan State University and is
currently teaching at Florida International University. The paper she applied
to the seminar with was entitled: “Creating a Modern and Authentic Haiti:
Intellectual Cooperation Between Haiti and the U.S. after 1934.”
Tryon Woods is currently enrolled in the
Ph.D. Program in Criminology at the University of California at Irvine. The
paper he applied to the seminar with was entitled: “The Freedom of Difference:
Decolonization in Nigeria and Chiapas.”
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