---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:14:04 -0600 (MDT) From: Dylan Clark <[log in to unmask]> To: Sociocultural Graduate Students <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CFP: African Diasporas (Lawrence, 12-16 Apr 2000) (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 21:11:48 -0400 From: Catherine Lavender <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: H-NET List for American Studies <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: CFP: African Diasporas (Lawrence, 12-16 Apr 2000) >Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 20:13:26 -0500 (CDT) >From: Pia Thielmann <[log in to unmask]> The African Literature Association 26th Annual (Millennial) Conference will be held at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, April 12 - 16. The conference theme is "Enduring trends and new directions in African literatures: theory and praxis," but papers on other aspects of African literatures in African and European languages and of the African diaspora are invited. Featured speakers are expected to include Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott and Aminata Sow Fall. The following deadlines apply: December 18, 1999 for proposals, March 1, 2000 for pre-registration, and April 1, 2000 for special hotel rates at the Lawrence Holiday Inn Holidome. Forms for panel and paper proposals, pre-registration, and membership application/renewal and other information will be found at the conference web site. Go to: <http://www.ukans.edu/~afs/ALA2000.htm>, where conference details will be continually updated. You may also write to ALA 2000 Conveners, African & African-American Studies, 104 Lippincott Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-2107, or call 785/864-3054, or fax 785/864-5330, or e-mail <[log in to unmask]> or <[log in to unmask]>. Arthur D. Drayton and I. Peter Ukpokodu, co-conveners. Pia Thielmann <[log in to unmask]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------