Year of the Atlantic World Lecture Series (2007-2008)
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This presentation focuses on various artistic traditions found in the Americas as a result of the African Diaspora. It will highlight two classroom art projects in which the postmodern art of installation is used to interpret the artistic and philosophical principles of several traditional...
Published 06/01/12
The objective of this lecture is to offer a critical framework that will provide historical, geopolitical, discursive, and cultural coordinates in order to understand the emergence and development of Lusophone African nations within the larger context of the Portuguese-speaking world and in...
Published 11/29/07
Among the many issues taken up by studies of the African Diaspora is the question of identity. How have Africans in Diaspora identified or constructed their identities at various times? Using the example of two men, this talk explores themes of Diaspora, migration and identity in the late 18th...
Published 11/15/07