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Conveners:

Tyler Stovall, Trica Danielle Keaton, Marcus Bruce

Keynote Address:

Friday, June 6, 2008 – 17h00 -18h00
Madame Christiane Taubira
Member of Parliament
Députée de Guyane

Introduction by Fred Constant
Professor of Political Science, Université des Antilles et
de la Guyane (France) and French Minister of Foreign Affairs

Opening Remarks by Tyler Stovall
Dean and Professor of History, University of California,
Berkeley

Closing Tribute to Aimé Césaire by Abiola Irele
Professor of African and Afro-American Studies and Romance
Languages and Literatures at Harvard University

Conference Location:

Columbia University Institute for Scholars
Reid Hall
4 rue de Chevreuse
75006 Paris
Metro: Montparnasse
For more information, please contact the conveners:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Colloquium Mission

The last few years have seen an extraordinary flowering of
Black consciousness in France. Individuals and collectives
have organized around questions pertaining to the memory of
slavery, « race » and anti-black racism, the Black condition,
and what it generally means to be Black in contemporary
French society. At the same time, there has been a new wave
of scholarship on Blacks in Europe and a (re)theorizing of
« blackness » in the African diaspora relative to European
society and history. Paris, in particular, has always been a
center of Black life worldwide, from the Négritude movement
of the past to the myriad formations of Black empowerment
specific to this moment. On June 6 and 7, 2008, a gathering
of leading international scholars will meet in Paris to
examine what we identify here as « Black France, » that is,
the Black presence and condition in French society. Madame
Christiane Taubira, the esteemed member of the French
Parliament whose very name is now synonymous with
legislation that recognizes slavery and the slave trade as
crimes against humanity-The Taubira Law-will deliver the
keynote address as the prelude to an exciting and
stimulating series of discussions. We encourage all those
interested in the African diaspora and French society to
join us for what will be an historic event.

A Colloquium Sponsored by

-The Ford Foundation;
-African American and Diaspora Studies; The Center for
Ethics, and The Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities
« Black Europe » Seminar at Vanderbilt University;
-The Office of the Senior Vice The President for System
Academic Administration and the Office of the Vice President
and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity at the University
of Minnesota, Twin Cities;
-Office of the Dean of Faculty at Bates College

Conveners:

Tyler Stovall, Trica Danielle Keaton, Marcus Bruce

Keynote Address:

Friday, June 6, 2008 – 17h00 -18h00
Madame Christiane Taubira
Member of Parliament
Députée de Guyane

Introduction by Fred Constant
Professor of Political Science, Université des Antilles et
de la Guyane (France) and French Minister of Foreign Affairs

Opening Remarks by Tyler Stovall
Dean and Professor of History, University of California,
Berkeley

Closing Tribute to Aimé Césaire by Abiola Irele
Professor of African and Afro-American Studies and Romance
Languages and Literatures at Harvard University

Conference Location:

Columbia University Institute for Scholars
Reid Hall
4 rue de Chevreuse
75006 Paris
Metro: Montparnasse
For more information, please contact the conveners:
[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Colloquium Mission

The last few years have seen an extraordinary flowering of
Black consciousness in France. Individuals and collectives
have organized around questions pertaining to the memory of
slavery, « race » and anti-black racism, the Black condition,
and what it generally means to be Black in contemporary
French society. At the same time, there has been a new wave
of scholarship on Blacks in Europe and a (re)theorizing of
« blackness » in the African diaspora relative to European
society and history. Paris, in particular, has always been a
center of Black life worldwide, from the Négritude movement
of the past to the myriad formations of Black empowerment
specific to this moment. On June 6 and 7, 2008, a gathering
of leading international scholars will meet in Paris to
examine what we identify here as « Black France, » that is,
the Black presence and condition in French society. Madame
Christiane Taubira, the esteemed member of the French
Parliament whose very name is now synonymous with
legislation that recognizes slavery and the slave trade as
crimes against humanity-The Taubira Law-will deliver the
keynote address as the prelude to an exciting and
stimulating series of discussions. We encourage all those
interested in the African diaspora and French society to
join us for what will be an historic event.

A Colloquium Sponsored by

-The Ford Foundation;
-African American and Diaspora Studies; The Center for
Ethics, and The Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities
« Black Europe » Seminar at Vanderbilt University;
-The Office of the Senior Vice The President for System
Academic Administration and the Office of the Vice President
and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity at the University
of Minnesota, Twin Cities;
-Office of the Dean of Faculty at Bates College