my understanding is that an honour can be given to a person of any nationality, and there are plenty of americans who have received british knighthoods. it is generally honorary, and therefore not generally used (rather like an honorary doctorate from a university).Harry GoulbourneProfessor of SociologyLondon South Bank University103 Borough RoadLondon SE1 OAAtel: 44 (0)207 815 8063e-mail: [log in to unmask]
From: The Black and Asian Studies Association on behalf of Angela Allison
Sent: Wed 18/02/2009 16:39
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Subject: Re: Sir Sidney Poitier?--Cheers for the info. I didn't realise Americans could be knighted. Or does he count as Commonwealth because of his Caribbean parents?
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> Sir Sidney Poitier
>
> Appointed an Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1974
>
> Yours
>
> Ruwan
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> Ruwan Uduwerage-Perera
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> On 18 Feb 2009, at 13:57, Angela Allison wrote:
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> > Sir Sidney Poitier?
> > I knew that in April of 1997, he was appointed as the Bahamaian
> > ambassador to Japan, but when was he knighted?
> >
> > Angela
> >
> > On 18 Feb 2009, at 11:53, Marika Sherwood wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Collegium for African American Research [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> >> ] On Behalf Of Mreid122
> >> Sent: 16 February 2009 15:10
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: [CAAR] Finalized Poitier Call for Papers
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> FYI
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://cfp.english.upenn.edu/archive/Film/1678.html
> >>
> >>
> >> The Sidney Poitier International Conference and Film Festival
> >> Nassau, The Bahamas, February 23-27, 2010
> >> Deadline for Submissions: July 31, 2009
> >> Email: Ian Strachan at [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >> The College of the Bahamas, School of English Studies presents the
> >> Sidney
> >> Poitier International Conference and Film Festival. We invite
> >> critics,
> >> historians, filmmakers, artists and cultural practitioners from
> >> around the
> >> world to examine the artistic and social endeavors of acclaimed
> >> actor,
> >> director, author, and diplomat Sir Sidney Poitier.
> >>
> >> Sir Sidney Poitier, who was born in Miami to Bahamian parents and was
> >> raised in Cat Island and Nassau, turns 83 on February 20, 2010. He
> >> remains
> >> one of the most recognizable black icons in the entire world. Widely
> >> celebrated but at times criticized for the roles he played during a
> >> career
> >> that spans 60 years, there can be no serious discussion of blacks in
> >> American film, and no serious analysis of American film history that
> >> excludes him.
> >>
> >> We seek now to encourage a fresh interrogation of the social,
> >> cultural, and
> >> political significance of the Poitier oeuvre. We invite papers or
> >> panel
> >> presentations that explore the broad spectrum of critical issues
> >> summoned
> >> up by Poitier’s work as actor, director, and author. Presentations
> >> should
> >> be 20 minutes in length. Papers will be considered for publication
> >> in an
> >> upcoming scholarly text dedicated to Poitier’s work.
> >>
> >> Possible Panel and Paper Topics Include (but are not limited to):
> >> Caribbean Sense and Sensibilities in American Cinema
> >> Constructions of Blackness in Poitier’s Films
> >> Representations of Women in Poitier’s Films
> >> The Iconic Black Male in America
> >> Black Skin, White Masks
> >> Poitier and the White/Black Gaze
> >> Poitier and the Global Politics of Race and Liberation
> >> Poitier, Bahamian Politics and Identity
> >> Sexing the Asexual
> >> Black Christs and the White Conscience
> >> Desire, Sexuality and Transgression
> >> Poitier and Censorship
> >> Poitier in the Classroom
> >> The Actor as Activist
> >> Poitier and Film Theory
> >> Poitier and the Black Power Movement
> >> Poitier and the Digital Age
> >> Autobiography and Refashioning
> >> Poitier as Director
> >> Poitier as Writer
> >>
> >> Please send abstracts via email to: [log in to unmask].
> >> Abstracts should be submitted by July 31, 2009, and should be no
> >> longer
> >> than 250 words.
> >> Two graduate student travel grants will be awarded. Those seeking
> >> these
> >> grants should submit an abstract of 500 words and must submit full
> >> papers
> >> by November 30, 2009.
> >>
> >> For more information on the conference please go to:
> >> http://poitierconference..synthasite.com/. For any questions feel
> >> free to
> >> contact Ian Strachan at [log in to unmask], or Marjorie Brooks-
> >> Jones at
> >> [log in to unmask] or call the School of English Studies at (242)
> >> 302-4381.
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