16779: Dreyfuss: NYU Conference on Haiti (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Joel Dreyfuss <jdreyfuss@attglobal.net>

NYU's very active Institute for African American Affairs is sponsoring a
year-long series of programs on Haiti's Bicentennial. Their web site doesn't
make this conference easy to find but the complete list of October events is
at:
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/africana/IAAA_October2003.pdf

Highlights:
Haiti & the Hemisphere: 1804-2004

Friday Oct. 3, 2003 Hemmerfinger Hall, The Silver Building (main building)
9:30 a.m.-4:30 pm

Keynote Address: Colin Granderson, Deputy Secretary General, CARICOM

Panel I: Historical Relations with the Hemisphere
Ada Ferrer, NYU
Michele Wucker, New School University
Chris Bongie, Queens University
Alex Dupuy, Wesleyan University
Moreator: Bob Maguire, Trinity College

Panel II: Current Hemispheric Policy
Robert Fatton, U. of Virginia
Bob Maguire, Trinity College
Canute James, Financial Times & U. of the West Indies
Albert Ramdin, OAS
Moderator: Michaele Dash, NYU

Haitian Writers series
Edwidge Danticat October 16
Patrick Sylvain November 12
Danielle George December 3

Info and registration at 212-998-2130

Joel Dreyfuss
jdreyfuss@attglobal.net