CLR James's Beyond a Boundary 50th Anniversary conference
Registration for the 50th anniversary conference of CLR James's Beyond a Boundary
is now open - the conference is from 10-11 May at the University of Glasgow, with
an opening film showing on the evening of Thursday 9 May.
Speakers include: Mike Brearley, Robert A. Hill, Wai Chee Dimock, Selma James, Selwyn Cudjoe
and Mike Dibb. For more details - and how to register, please see here:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/research/sociology/beyondaboundary/
People may also be interested to know that a special edition of CLR James's 1934 play about the
Haitian Revolution, Toussaint Louverture: The story of the only successful slave revolt in history
is also out this week. Never before published, the play was performed in 1936 at London's
Westminster Theatre with Paul Robeson in the title role.
"The text of this nearly forgotten drama, succinctly introduced to
today's readers with a valuable
set of accompanying essays, is an
invaluable contribution to Pan-African studies and our understanding
of
'the Black Plato' as a remarkably talented playwright. C. L. R. James
readers, and not only those
of The Black Jacobins, will rejoice."
—Paul Buhle, authorized biographer, author of C. L. R. James: The Artist as Revolutionary
Please see here for more details:
http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=20043
There is also going to be an official UK book launch of Toussaint Louverture in London
on Saturday 13 April in London as part of a one-day conference on 'CLR James: Life
and Legacy' being organised by the CLR James Legacy Project - for more details about
this conference email [log in to unmask]
|