Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Telling the Story
Venue: The College of The Bahamas
Event Date/Time: Jun 08, 2007 | |
Abstract Submission Date: Aug 31, 2007 | |
Paper Submission Date: Dec 31, 2007 |
Description
Abstracts of approximately 200 words are invited on the following topics:
-Language and Oppression
-Religion in Slavery: Agent Provocateur or Opiate?
-Slavery and Human Sensibility
-Power and Enslavement
-Kinship across the Diaspora
-Identity: Culture, Race and Gender
-Enslavement and Liberation: Pedagogy
-Liberation: Ideologies, Contexts and Dynamics
-Liberation: Simple Past or Present Continuous?
Please send abstracts as an attached Word file to Jessica Minnis, Chair of the Conference Committee at abolitionconference@cob.edu.bs no later than Friday, August 31, 2007.
Conference Structure
The conference will feature 20-minute papers from all disciplines, followed by 10-minute discussions, presented in concurrent and plenary sessions. Panel and poster proposals will also be considered. Such proposals should be as complete as possible.