Call for Papers "Re-educating the African in the 21st Century: Through Balance, Peace and Justice (Ma'at)" 1st World Conference 2006 John Henrik Clarke-C.L.R. James African World Research Institute Aswan (Egypt) 19-25 July 2006
Historical Context: According to John Henrik Clarke, Edward Wilmot Blyden, a prominent Caribbean activist and a theologian from the Virgin Islands, called for Africans all over the world to reclaim their Africanness in 1881. Early in the twentieth century, people of the African world were searching for a definition of themselves and their relationship to the rest of the world. African people in the United States of America were still recovering from the Civil War and the subsequent disappointment and betrayal of the Reconstruction period. 1900 witnessed the first Pan-Africanist Congress, which was a response to Blyden's call, referred to as the African Consciousness Movement by Caribbean activists. H. Sylvester Williams, a young Trinidadian lawyer, was the major convener of the first Pan-Africanist Congress in London.. He assigned a name to the effort by calling it Pan-Africanism. At this meeting, Williams and others concluded that the struggle in the Caribbean, Africa and the United States of America was basically the same, the struggle for direction and definition. At the first Pan-Africanist Congress and subsequent ones, Pan-Africanists were trying to answer questions such as: Whom do we need and who needs us? They were attempting to regain what slavery and colonialism had taken away. In many ways Clarke tells us that the Pan-Africanist Movement opened the pathways for the struggle of civil rights in the United States of America, for the federation of the islands in the Caribbean, the end of colonialism, and for the independence and unification of all of Africa. At later Pan-Africanist Congresses, W.E.B Dubois, George Padmore, C.L.R. James, and Kwame Nkrumah became the seminal voices of this Movement. Against this backdrop, the John Henrik Clarke-C.L.R. James African World Research Institute will host its First World Conference. The Theme is: Re-educating the African in the 21st Century: Through Balance, Peace and Justice (Ma'at). Nature and Scope: What are the reviews and implications of the United Nations' Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006)? Further, why is the conversation about the eradication of poverty, the call by many African nations to eliminate huge national debts from multi-national agencies, and the intense spotlight on Africa critical for Africans on the continent and in the African Diaspora? The First World Conference hosted by the John Henrik Clarke-C.L.R. James African World Research Institute brings together a slate of the foremost African-descended scholars, thinkers, artists, and activists to lead the conversation about what this United Nations' Decade for the Eradication of Poverty has meant for Africa and the African Diaspora. Given the focus on Africa, what are the implications for the re-education of Continental and Diasporic Africans beyond 2006? Participating delegates from Africa, Asia, England, Europe, the Americas, the Pacific and the Caribbean will have the opportunity to exchange information about the multi-dimensional implications of this UN Decade with respect to the re-education of African descended people globally. The John Henrik Clarke-C.L.R. James African World Research Institute First World Conference in Aswan, Egypt provides comprehensive conference facilities including a full program of featured speakers, papers, panel presentations, small group plenary sessions, publishing opportunities and book exhibitions. Quality contributions for papers, panels, posters and round table discussions, which will be double blind reviewed, are invited. The John Henrik Clarke-C.L.R. James African World Research Institute First World Conference strives to balance relevance and rigor. In pursuit of this aim, we will attract both academics and practitioners. The presentations are expected to be around the conference theme, as cited above. The topics include the following: economic development in relationship to the family, health, culture, politics, religion, gender, intergenerational relationships, science, and global technological strategies to connect and maintain the global African family. It is our intention for the presentations to be informative and set the tone for interesting research and consulting opportunities. Submission Instructions: Submissions can be made in the following categories: Completed research papers, research-in-progress papers, panels and posters, and round table discussion papers. Please follow the guidelines in preparing your submission. Completed research papers: Typically 5,000 words (excluding abstract and references) Research-in-progress papers: Typically 2,500 words (excluding abstract and references) Posters and round table discussion: Typically a 1,000-word synopsis of the topic area to be presented Panel proposal: Typically a 1,000-word description, identifying the panelist to be involved. Documentary (Film/video): Typically a 500-word description with a 20-30 minute DVD format. Spoken Word Artist panels/performance: Typically 4-5 versatile performance pieces on preferably DVD format In preparing your papers, please use the APA referencing style. In text citation should be in an Author (date) format with the bibliographical list inserted at the end of the paper. Submission and review process will be handled electronically. Please make your submission as one MS Word file. Include all figures and tables in relevant places in the text. The title page should indicate the title, author affiliations including, telephone number, fax and email. In case of multiple authors, corresponding author details should be clearly identified. The title page should also identify the track for which you wish your paper to be considered. All submissions will be double blind peer reviewed. NOTE: The deadline for submission of papers has been extended to February 15, 2006. The new Selection Notification date is March 15, 2006. Contact: Dr. Clinton Crawford John Henrik ClarkeC.L.R. James African World Research Institute P.O. Box 473592 New York 11247 USA Phone: +1-718-756-8904 and 718-270-5140 Email: [email protected] and [email protected] Web: http://www.sankofaworldpublishers.com/sankofawponline/sankofawp-callforpapers.htm _________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://agd.polylog.org/cal/
