[URBANTH-L] CFP: Fifty Years Beyond Bandung: The Linkages Between Asia, Africa and the Diaspora

[Angela Jancius]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

FIFTY YEARS BEYOND BANDUNG:
THE LINKAGES BETWEEN ASIA, AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA
AN ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 21-22, 2006
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY
CLEVELAND, OHIO

The April 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia stands as one
of the most significant international gatherings in recent history. More
than two dozen sovereign nations used the occasion of the conference to
address mutual concerns about self-determination, self-defense, world peace
and cooperation, human rights, economic development and cultural diversity,
among other topics, and the rest of the world was watching. In the fifty
years since that historic gathering, artists, activists, scholars and others
have devoted much time and attention to the legacy of the Bandung Conference
in world history and culture. The organizers of the 2006 conference, Fifty
Years Beyond Bandung: The Linkages Between Asia, Africa and the Diaspora,
invite proposals for scholarly papers or panels and other formal
presentations on the 1955 conference, its individual participants and other
topics, especially those relating to the legacy of Bandung in the Americas.
The list of related topics includes, but is not limited to: African/Asian
Independence Movements, Pan-Africanism, Pan-Asianism, Black Nationalism, the
Civil Rights Movement, Cultural Nationalism, Social/Political History and
Religion and Spirituality, the Black Power Movement, the Black Arts
Movement, Post-Colonialism, Dialectical Humanism, Black/Asian Studies in the
21st Century, and Economic Empowerment and Community Health and Well-Being.
Established and emerging academic scholars, independent scholars, advanced
graduate students, and community participants are encouraged to submit
proposals.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS: DECEMBER 15, 2005
*Electronic submissions preferred.

Each session will last 60 minutes. A 250-word abstract and a two-page c.v.
for each presenter/panelist should be submitted via email to:
african.diaspora at csuohio.edu
or mailed to:

Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Program Chair and Conference Director
Cleveland State University
Department of History
2121 Euclid Avenue, RT 1915
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
For more information, call:
(216) 523-7182