Hello, everyone --  FYI  

The following post on the AFAM-LIT discussion group may be of interest to
list members.  
And -- the focus of the event appears to relate to some of Mimi Sheller's
questions below -- at least within the "Literature" realm of  "Caribbean
Studies":

How does 'Caribbean Studies' fit into the larger academic and political
scene? How is it produced and how is it consumed? For whom and for what
purposes? How do academics studying the Caribbean, whether they are from the
region or from elsewhere, engage with other kinds of people 'interested' (in
the widest sense of the term) in the
Caribbean?

A. Herbert

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> From: 	Deborah C. Umrani[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, May 30, 2000 4:42 PM
> To: 	[log in to unmask]
> Subject: 	Re: Caribbean Literary Forum
> 
> ATTENTION!      ATTENTION!      PLEASE CIRCULATE! 
> 
> 
> Dear Colleages: 
> 
> The University of Illinois at Chicago's Annual Black on Black Life Forum
> sponsored by the Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Blacks will be
> held on Tuesday, June 6, 2000, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Recital Hall,
> College of Education, 1040 West Harrison Street. 
> 
> The program theme is: "Literature, Cultural Autonomy, and Black Power:
> The Caribbean Legacy."  The keynote speaker is George Lamming, a
> well-known novelist, essay writer, orator, teacher and activist on
> Caribbean issues.  The other program speakers are:  Michel M. Thelwell,
> writer, educator, activist and Professor of Literature and Writing in the
> W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of
> Massachusetts, Amherst; and Rachel Manley, poet, essayist and journalist. 
> 
> The following is a program schedule for the Forum: 
> 11:30 a.m.              Registration and Reception 
> 12:15  p.m.             Opening Session 
> 12:30                   Session I - Michael M. Thelwell 
>  1:30                  Session II - Rachel Manley 
>  2:30                  Keynote Address:  George Lamming 
>  3:30                  Break 
>  3:45                  Closing Session - Panel of Speakers 
>  4:25                  Closing Remarks 
>  4:30                  Reception 
> 
> The forum is open to the public.  RSVP by attached registration form, by
> FAX - (312) 996-9446, or by telephone - (312) 996-8811.  Please response
> promptly.
> 


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