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2006 MLA Convention Forum

Thursday, 28 December
211. Ethnic Studies in the Age of Transnationalism
1:45-3:30 p.m., 201-A, Convention Center
A forum arranged by the MLA Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada. Presiding: Agnes Ivelisse Lugo-Ortiz, Univ. of Chicago
  1. "Reframing the Black Subject: African American Studies, African Diasporic Studies, and Transnationalism," Mark Allen Sanders, Emory Univ.
  2. "Ethnic Locations, Disciplinary Moments: Rethinking the Place(s) of Ethnic Studies Today," Juana María Rodríguez, Univ. of California, Davis
  3. "Leave Me Alone, but Pay Attention! Native Responses to Transnationalism," Robert A. Warrior, Univ. of Oklahoma

Coordinated Workshops:

Friday, 29 December
402. Between Ethnicity and Transnationalism: A Conversation between Native and Asian American Studies
10:15-11:30 a.m., 203-A, Convention Center
A workshop arranged in conjunction with the forum Ethnic Studies in the Age of Transnationalism (211). Presiding: Juana María Rodríguez, Univ. of California, Davis
Speakers: Noenoe K. Silva, Univ. of Hawai'i, Mānoa; Dorothy J. Wang, Williams Coll.

Friday, 29 December
573. Between Ethnicity and Transnationalism: A Conversation between African American and Latino/a Studies
7:15-8:30 p.m., 203-A, Convention Center
A workshop arranged in conjunction with the forum Ethnic Studies in the Age of Transnationalism (211). Presiding: Lawrence Jackson, Emory Univ.
Speakers: Raúl Coronado, Jr., Univ. of Chicago; Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo, Vanderbilt Univ.

 
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