MEMOIRE ET METHODE : INTERROGER LA MEMOIRE DE LA DIASPORA AFRICAINE
Memory and Methodology: Workshop on the African Diaspora
The Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora, York University, Toronto, is pleased to announce a Summer Workshop on "Memory and
Methodology" for three weeks in July 2005.
Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora
Department of History
York University
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
The Workshop will address various themes relating to Memory and the African Diaspora, and the methodologies currently being developed to collect and
analyze data. The Workshop brings together senior scholars and advanced Ph.D. students in a forum for open discussion and interaction. There will be no formal papers, although participants will be encouraged to circulate drafts of works in progress, and informal workshop sessions moderated by senior scholars will address specific issues of methodology and conceptualization. The Workshop will continue for three weeks, although it is not expected that all participants will be in residence for the whole period, depending upon personal schedules and other commitments.
The sessions will include:
1. recording/recorded traditions
2. archival resources - the revolution in accessibility
3. dababases - design and analysis
4. database construction
5. digitalization and decoding
6. questioning memory and history
The keynote address will be presented by Professor Bogumil Jewsiewicki (Université Laval).
The areas of focus will include all parts of the African diaspora in the historical period of slavery and emancipation. Specific areas of concentration, based on the expertise of the senior scholars who will be in attendance and who will lead workshops, include
1. Underground Railroad to Canada
2. West Indian - Canadian linkages
3. Louisiana
4. Circum-Caribbean, Mainland and Islands
5. Amerindian/Atlantic divide and intersection
6. Western Africa
7. Brazil
8. the Maghreb and Islamic heartlands
9. the Indian Ocean
The Workshop is directed at interested scholars currently involved in writing a book, a thesis, a series of articles, or otherwise assembling data for such
projects. The focus is on advanced Ph.D. students writing their theses who want to undertake part of this exercise in a collegial and professional environment. Graduate students preparing to do fieldwork or designing theses topics are also encouraged to participate.
The facilities of the Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora will be made available to registered participants. The Centre will provide technical advice, access to digitalizing equipment, and assistance in website development.
Smaller group sessions, bilateral discussion and collaboration, and special tutoring on specific topics will be arranged, depending upon the needs and wishes of participants.
Participating Scholars, with affiliation and research focus, include the following (the list will be updated as other scholars register or are invited):
Rina Cáceres Gomez (Universidad de Costa Rica ) : Caribbean
Gwyn Campbell (McGill University): Indian Ocean
José C. Curto (York University ) : Angola
Juanita De Barros (McMaster University) : Caribbean
Toyin Falola (University of Texas ) : Yoruba
Gwendolyn Hall (Southern University System) : Louisiana
Brooksie Harrington (Fayettville State University ) : UGRR gospel
Bogumil Jewsiewicki (Université Laval) : Memory
Martin Klein (University of Toronto) : World systems
Jane Landers (Vanderbilt University) : Cuba
Paul E. Lovejoy (York University ) : Biography
Olatunji Ojo (McMaster University ) : Yoruba
Bryan Prince (Buxton Museum ) : UGRR
David Richardson (University of Hull) : Demography
Mariza Soares (Universidade Federal Fluminensce ) : Brazil
David V. Trotman (York University ) : Caribbean
Graduate Students
Mariana Candido (York University) : Angola
Yacine Daddi-Addoun (York University ) : Algeria
Nadine Hunt (York University ) : Caribbean
Oscar Grandio Maraquez (York University ) : Cuba
Carlos Liberato (York University) : Brazil
Mohammed Bashir Salau (York University ) : West Africa
Registration: US $300.00
Accommodation: To be arranged in York University Residences and Guest Suites, at cost
Enquiries should be directed to Nigerian@yorku.ca or plovejoy@yorku.ca
Paul E. Lovejoy FRSC
Distinguished Research Professor
Canada Research Chair in African Diaspora History
Director, Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora
(www.yorku.ca/nhp)