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***********Apologies for cross-posting ************ UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY And THE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH AND HUMANITIES, BIRKBECK COLLEGE THE BLACK GAZE: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICAN-WORLD LITERARY AND VISUAL CULTURE THURSDAY 2, FRIDAY 3, SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER, 2000PRIVATE "The Black Gaze" is a three-day international Conference organised to celebrate the new millennium by taking stock of the landmarks of African and African-Diasporic contributions to, and perspectives on literature, visual culture and society. It will focus on literature, film, painting, sculpture and photography from Africa, the Caribbean and the British and American African-Diaspora. The conference will address the following issues, among others: -Defining the Black Gaze -African norms of cultural production: -Reception, mediation, dissemination and consumption of African-world Arts -Discourses of authenticity -Languages of identity -Identity and difference -Knowledge and community -Identity and Violence -Dissemination -Popular and local cultures -Literature/art and Power -Gender/Race/Class and African identity -The Black Gaze and its Future It will draw together a diverse group of international scholars in the field of African-world culture and arts and will also offer upcoming scholars and post-graduate students the opportunity to share their views with a larger public. Organiser: Proposals for paper presentations should be sent by 10th September 2000 to: Dr Mpalive-Hangson Msiska, School of English and Humanities, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX. Fax: 0207-631-6072, Email: [log in to unmask] Venue: Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London. Registration Enquiries to the Institute of English Studies, Tel: 020 7862 8675; Fax: 020 7862 8672 Email: [log in to unmask] _____________________________________________________ Julie Evans Deputy Information Resources Manager & Manager of the Casbah Project Library and Information Resources, Institute of Commonwealth Studies 28 Russell Sq, London, WC1B 5DS Tel: +44(0)20 7862 8833 (direct) / +44(0)20 7862 8844 (switchboard) Fax: +44(0)20 7862 8820 Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies http://www.casbah.ac.uk __________________________________________________________ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%