August 31, 2015
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CFP: New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition  
 
The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) invites proposals for its first annual conference scheduled to take place at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill on March 10-11, 2016. Proposals are due on November 15, 2015

Through a series of papers, panel sessions, roundtable discussions, films, and talks, this two-day conference will explore the vital contributions that black artists, writers, activists, and thinkers have made to U.S. and global intellectual history. Focusing on theorizing black intellectual history, forging community connections, and integrating the digital humanities into historical research, the conference will explore the individual and group contributions of black intellectuals and black institutions to national and global politics, racial ideologies, social justice movements, popular culture, and more.

AAIHS welcomes proposals from scholars at all career stages (from graduate students to senior faculty), as well as independent scholars. We welcome submissions for scholarly papers (20-minute presentations), organized panels of four papers, poster sessions, lecture-demonstrations, film/video screenings, or workshops. Proposals should be submitted via email (aaihs10@gmail.com) as a Microsoft Word attachment no later than November 15, 2015. The conference organizers will notify participants of acceptances by December 30, 2015.

Paper proposals should include an abstract of no more than 250 words and an abridged C.V. (1-2 pages). Panel proposals should include a 250-word abstract and abridged C.V. for each presenter in addition to a 250-word panel description. All submissions should include the name(s) of presenter(s), institutional affiliation, title of presentation, format of presentation (paper, panel, poster, workshop, etc.), e-mail address, phone number, and A/V equipment requirements.

All participants must be registered for the conference by February 1, 2016 ( $20 for AAIHS members; $60 for non-members). For all further inquiries, please contact aaihs10@gmail.com or visit our website for more information: www.aaihs.org
 
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JOINT MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
Course on Decent Work for Domestic Workers
 
Dear M4D Net members,
The JMDI is delighted to share with you the course organized by The International Training Centre of the ILO on Decent Work for Domestic Wokers, which will be held on our campus in Turin, Italy. This course is organised in English and - for the first time - in Arabic as well.

Context
The course promotes an inter-regional dialogue among the different actors involved in the promotion of decent work for domestic workers and enhance their institutional capacities to ensure an adequate protection of domestic workers.

Registration deadline
The registration deadline is on the 20th of September 2015.

Registration fees
The total cost of the training activity is 2100 EUR. A limited number of partial fellowships covering a maximum 50% (amounting to 1050 EUR) of the total cost of the course (excluding cost of transportation) are available. Partial fellowships will be granted according to the best profile of candidates.

 
More information
If you need further information, do not hesitate to contact:
Miriam Boudraa 
Activity Manager
Viale Maestri del Lavoro 10 - 10127 Turin, Italy
We kindly ask you to also share this with pertinent contacts and networks.

Kind regards,
The M4D Net team
 
  


FILCA 2015 - Feria Internacional Del Libro y Las Culturas de Cali

Primera ediciion del 8 al 12 de octubre 

La Feria Internacional del Libro y las Culturas de Cali (FILCA 2015) es una iniciativa de FundaFilca - una organización privada sin ánimo de lucro- que por primera vez reunirá en la capital del Valle del Cauca a los escritores afroamericanos más representativos de las letras de Guadalupe, Jamaica, Cuba y República Dominicana para generar diálogos entre estos y los autores colombianos, los representantes de la cultura insular del Pacífico y la ciudadanía misma.
 
FILCA 2015 busca posicionar a Cali como la puerta de África hacia América, lo que justifica su eslogan: 'La cita anual de las culturas afroamericanas en Colombia, así como exaltar la identidad afrocolombiana que tiene Cali con sus culturas negras y mulatas, la idiosincrasia de sus habitantes, su baile y su folclor.
 
Durante los cinco días que estará abierta al público (ver programación), FILCA 2015 tenderá puentes entre las numerosas editoriales que estarán presentes en el encuentro con los escritores invitados, al tiempo que el público asistente tendrá la oportunidad de descubrir un autor caribeño cada día a través de mesas redondas, conversatorios, sesiones de firmas, lecturas y una serie de actos culturales más.
 
En los próximos años FILCA reunirá una serie de autores más provenientes de otros continentes, como África, con lo cual aspira a diversificar y ampliar su radio de acción para la cultura de Cali y el Pacífico.

http://www.filca.co/ 

  

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