AFRICAN DIASPORA SUMMER LECTURE SERIES 2006

Monday, July 10 - 6:30 pm
Biscayne Bay Campus
Wolfe University Center, Room 155

Reimagining Diasporas: Performance and the Co-Production of Blackness
E. Patrick Johnson, Northwestern University

Thursday, July 13 - 5:00 pm
Biscayne Bay Campus
Academic 2, Room 115

The Cultural Politics of Jamaican Dancehall Music in South Florida
Dean Wagstaffe, Florida International University

Monday, July 17 - 6:30 pm
Wolfsonian FIU-Museum,
Miami Beach

Welcome to Sunsplash: Reggae Tourism and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica
Carolyn Cooper, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica

Thursday, July 20 - 5:00 pm
Biscayne Bay Campus
Academic 2, Room 115

Ethnic Cross Dressing and the Fiesta del Gran Poder in La Paz, Bolivia
David Guss, Tufts University

Monday, July 24 - 6:30 pm
Wolfsonian FIU-Museum,
Miami Beach

Racist Stereotypes and the Embodiment of Blackness: Some Narratives of Female Sexuality in Quito, Ecuador
Jean Muteba Rahier, Florida International University

Thursday, July 27 - 5:00 pm
Biscayne Bay Campus
Academic 2, Room 115

Hip Hop Honeys or Video Hos? An Examination of the Links Between Sexual Imagery and Sexual Risk in Hip Hop Culture
Dionne Stephens, Florida International University

Monday, July 31 - 6:30 pm
Wolfsonian FIU-Museum,
Miami Beach

Marketing Blackness
May Joseph, Pratt Institute

Monday, August 7 8:30 am - 9:00 pm
Biscayne Bay Campus
Wolfe University Center, Room 244

Performing African Diasporas All-Day Graduate Conference

Check website for more details: www.fiu.edu/interad

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Lecture series is made possible thanks to a grant from the Ford Foundation and the support of FIU’s Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC).