Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Deborah Willis, Awam Amkpa, Manthia Diawara, Lydie Diakhaté, Cheryl Finley, Thelma Golden, Anne-Christine Taylor-Descola, Anna Laban, Christine Barthe, Jean-Paul Colleyn, Caroline Montel-Glénisson, and Raissa Lahcine are just a few of the international scholars who'll be present for this conference that I wish I could attend. A summary follows below; but for the full story, click HERE. Black Portraiture[s]: The Black Body in the West January 17 - 20, 2013 - Paris, France The theme of this year's conference is on the black body in the west. NYU faculty, international scholars, students, and invited guests will together...
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