This came via the Asian Canadian-listserv and seems most appropriate to
circulate among histarch-ers.

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BLACKS AND ASIANS ENCOUNTERS THROUGH TIME AND SPACE (Boston University)
APRIL 12-14, 2002

CALL FOR PAPERS:

BLACKS AND ASIANS ENCOUNTERS THROUGH TIME AND SPACE - AN INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE
BOSTON UNIVERSITY (APRIL 12-14, 2002)

The African American Studies Program at Boston University invites proposals
for individual papers and complete panels on all aspects of the global
encounter of peoples of Asian and peoples of African descent from antiquity
to the present. We seek to convene an interdisciplinary international
assembly of scholars interested in exploring how the peoples of Africa and
Asia and their Diaspora have interacted with each other and impacted the
development of the modern world. We welcome proposals on all aspects of
this historic encounter including presentations that explore the social and
cultural construction of collective identities such as Asian, Black,
Japanese, and Indian as well as those that examine the nature of
interethnic, interracial, intercultural, and international exchanges among
blacks and Asians. Proposals may focus on a single geographic area,
such as Japan or the United States, may be comparative in perspective,
or may adopt a global framework.

Please send a 250 word abstract together with a current curriculum vita to
Ronald K. Richardson, Director, African American Studies, Boston
University, 138 Mountfort Street, Brookline, MA. 02446. You may submit
by email at [log in to unmask] To be considered proposals must be
received no later than October 15, 2001.