“Africa and the Americas: Cultural Representations and Social Movements” Southeast Africanist Network (SEAN) 2008 Conference at Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA | January 24-26, 2008

Conference Themes

The Southeast Africanist Network (SEAN), headquartered at University of Florida, invites proposals for papers or panels on the following themes and sub-themes:

• Forced migration and current immigration
• Cultural transplantations, regenerations, and growth
• Cultural representation in the media and in the arts (e.g., music, dance, drama, visual arts, hip hop)
• Religious rituals, new religious movements, religious influences
• Music, dance, drama, art, hip hop
• The Columbian Exchange
• Imagining literary and cultural landscapes
• Cultural artifacts
• History, memory and remembering
• Tourism, tourists and travel guides
• Panel of African and Caribbean students (their experiences in America), and panel of returned study abroad students (from study abroad programs in Africa)
• Social, economic, political and civil rights
• Education, healthcare, etc. in Africa and the Americas: issues, access, comparison
• Contemporary perspectives on race, stereotypes, violence, gender, identity, etc.
• Screening, viewing, and discussion of feature-length films, documentaries and other electronic media

Submission of Abstracts
Interested participants are requested to send an abstract of less than 250 words describing the focus of their papers or panel, the central argument and the methodology employed. If proposing a panel, please submit the title and abstract for each paper along with the names and institutional affiliation of panelists. Whether a paper or a panel, all proposals must have the following personal information: name, institutional affiliation, position or title, contact phone numbers and/or e-mail address.

Abstracts may be submitted electronically. Please save your document in Word or RTF format and send as an e-mail attachment. Because of “junk mail” feature on our e-mail service, please type "SEAN Conference 2008" on the subject line to ensure delivery. Abstracts may be sent to the conference contact by post or e-mail at the addresses below:

vbonill1@kennesaw.edu

Ms. Vivian Bonilla
SEAN Conference Coordinator
Institute for Global Initiatives
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road, #2301
Kennesaw, GA 30144

E-mail:vbonill1@kennesaw.edu

Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: December 1, 2007