March 19, 2004
An academic symposium on “Enslavement
and Colonialism in the Atlantic World”
will be held on the Hamilton and Oxford campuses
of Miami University, April 2 and April 3.
This interdisciplinary program brings together
faculty from Miami and dozens of universities
throughout the country to explore historical
and cultural connections between the Atlantic
slave trade and colonial experiences in Africa
and the Americas. In addition, invited participants
from the NEH seminar and Miami faculty will
participate as paper presenters and panel chairs
for discussions.
According to Assistant Professor
of Anthropology John Cinnamon, the idea
for the symposium originated during a six-week
seminar on the Atlantic slave trade sponsored
by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
“The intellectual exchange and constructive
dialogue of the seminar inspired participants
to plan a special issue of scholarly journal
to share their results, and to seek an opportunity
to reunite in a forum allowing them to present
and discuss new versions of their papers.
Miami University will serve as that forum.”
Renowned Professor Joseph C. Miller of the
University of Virginia will open the symposium
with a keynote address on the Hamilton campus
beginning at 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 2. Professor
Michelle Collins-Sibley of Mount Union College
will give a second keynote address on Saturday,
April 3, beginning at 12:45 p.m. on the Oxford
campus.
“This promises to be an especially rich
experience for those African American, Latin
American and Latino/a and other students and
faculty at Miami whose academic interests in
the Atlantic slave trade intersect with personal
searches to better understand their own family
histories and heritages,” Cinnamon added.
Opening day of the symposium will take place
in the Harry T. Wilks Conference Center and
second day activities will be held in the new
MacMillan Hall facilities of the Center for
American and World Cultures on the Oxford campus.
Sponsors of the symposium are Multicultural
Services (MUH), Student Services (MUH), The
Executive Director’s Office (MUH), CAS
Diversity Initiatives Fund, Center for American
and World Cultures, First in 2009 Coordinating
Council (STRIVE), Altman Humanities Scholar-in-Residence
Program, Michael J. Colligan History Project,
Dept. of Anthropology, Black World Studies,
Latin American Studies.
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