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Call for Papers Theme: Persistent Racial Problems Subtitle: Political, Cultural, and Religious Responses Type: 2016 Transatlantic Roundtable Institution: Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race (TRRR) Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies - St. Augustine Location: Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) Date: 3.–5.8.2016 Deadline: 30.4.2016 __________________________________________________ The 2016 Transatlantic Roundtable will convene in Trinidad and Tobago: - 60 years after the watershed election in that nation that consolidated black political empowerment and charted the course for the nation’s 1962 independence, and 50 years after the independence of its southern Caribbean neighbors Barbados and Guyana; - 60 years after the launch of a wave of independence in Africa that from Sudan’s independence in 1956 to Lesotho’s in 1966 included 30 sub-Saharan African countries; - 60 years after the successful conclusion of the Montogmery Bus Boycott which helped mobilize the nationwide mid-20th century Civil Rights Movment in the USA; and - 70 years since the post-World War II beginnings of mass migration from Africa, the Caribbean, and Asia to the UK. Despite the gains in the decades since those historic markers, however, African-descended communities across the globe continue to suffer effects of political, economic and social inequities whose consequences include alarming levels of disease, unemployment, incarceration, and systemic violence. Our 2016 conference will examine public policy responses (including reparations discussions), expressions of cultural resistance, and faith-centered responses (including interfaith). We invite proposals outlining “best-practices” and practical dimensions as well as conceptual and applied scholarly papers that explore these or related themes. Please submit 150-250 word abstracts by April 30, 2016 to Dr. R. Drew Smith (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) [email protected] or Dr. William Ackah (Univ. of London) [email protected]. Conference Registration Details - General rate: $250 dollars. includes lunch and light refreshments all 3 days. - Students/Unwaged/Local participants REDUCED rate: $125—Partial fee waivers available in some circumstances - Day rates: $ 100; or for Students/Unwaged/Local participants, $50 Pre-Conference Activities July 31-August 1, Emancipation Day Activities in Trinidad July 31, Local worship opportunities in Port of Spain August 2, Community Immersion Activities Post Conference Activities Tobago Excursion, beginning August 6: An optional excursion to Tobago island will take place following the conference, where conference participants can take in Tobago’s distinctive culture and beautiful beaches. There will be August 7 worship opportunities at local congregations, and opportunities for local community visits on August 6. Persons planning to participate can arrange for a July 6th flight from Port of Spain, Trinidad to Tobago, and can return to Port of Spain at their own discretion for connecting flights to their ongoing destinations. Plenary speakers include: - Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies - Dr. Sylvan Lashley, Interim President, University of the Southern Caribbean - Prof. David Williams, F.S. and L.S. Norman Professor of Public Health, Harvard University - Prof. Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Trinidad - Prof. Leon C. Wilson, Provost, Alabama State University - Prof. Ann Marie Bissessar, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Univ. of the West Indies, Trinidad - Dr. Iva Carruthers, General Secretary, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, USA - Rev. Babila Fochang, Synod Clerk, Presbyterian Church of Cameroon - Prof. Jualynne Dodson, Sociology, Michigan State Univ., Director, Africa Atlantic Research Team - Prof. Gosnell Yorke, Hammarskjold Inst. for Peace and Conflict Studies, Copperbelt Univ, Zambia - Dr. Chinonyerem Ekebuisi, Director, Theological Education Board, Methodist Church of Nigeria Conference website: http://www.religionandrace.org __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
