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Call For Proposals: "Taking Stock: The State of Black America in the Twenty First Century"
April 22-24, 2004

Sponsored by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Program in African American Studies at Princeton University, and the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean at the City University of New York, this national conference will examine the condition of contemporary Black America from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Brief Proposals for the papers and panels are invited on such issues as the state of African Americans in political and economic systems, the arts, the law, journalism, sports, the educational system, religion, science, health and medicine, etc. Papers that address the condition of peoples of African descent in the diaspora are also invited. The conference will be held at the Schomburg Center and at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.It will bring together scholars, students, legislators, and the general public to engage in discussions on the contemporary situations and future of the peoples of African descent.


Send a brief proposal and ashort CV by October 15, 2003 to
Colin Palmer
Program in African American Studies
Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ 08544
or e-mailto or fax to 609.248.5095.

James L. de Jongh, Ph.D. Deputy Dean and Director,
The Simon H. Rifkind Center for the Humanities and the Arts at City College
The City College of The City University of New York
The North Academic Center, Rm. 5/225
Convent Avenue & 138th Street New York, NY 10031
(212) 650-7381 Fax (212) 650-7649

Director
The CUNY Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC)
365 Fifth Avenue, Rm. 7114
New York, NY 10016-4309
(212) 817-2071 Fax(212) 817-1579

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