Upcoming Events

Sixth Annual Herman Hudson Symposium

"Construction of Race and Identity in Diasporic Communities"
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Chuck D., author/activist

Herman C. Hudson Graduate Research Symposium Itinerary

Friday, April 3, 2009

• 7:00pm-Jump Off Party: Spoken Word Poetry Contest (featured artist: Gina Ulysse)

Saturday, April 4, 2009 (Each presenter is given 20 minutes, 30 minutes will be provided for introductions by the moderator/transitions/Q&A.)

• 7:00pm-Jump Off Party: Spoken Word Poetry Contest (featured artist: Gina Ulysse)
• 8:15am-Registration
• 8:45am-Opening Ceremony
• 9:15-10:45am-Panel: Holistic Therapy in Diaspora
• 9:15-10:45am-Panel: Navigating Political & Racial Identities in the U.S.
• 11:00-12:00pm-Lunch
• 12:15-2:15pm-Panel: National v. Ethnic Identity in Diasporic Communities
• 12:15-2:15pm-Panel: Politics
• 2:30-4:30pm-Panel: Music as Cultural Expression
• 5:00pm-Keynote Speaker: Chuck D
• Closing Ceremony

PANELS
Power to the People: Holistic Therapy in the Diaspora
Room A223
9:15-10:45am

1. Celeste Henery
"Singing and Shouting: Rethinking Healing and Blackness in the Lives of Senior Black Women in Brazil"

2. Shannon Caldwell
"Something in Common: Exploitations of African Americans, Animals, and Other Stories"

3. James Ellis III
"Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?: The Role Parents Can Play in Redefining Family, Faith and Freedom for African American Teenagers in Postmodern American"

Rebirth of a Nation: Navigating Political & Racial Identities in the U.S.
Bridgewater Lounge
9:15-10:45am

1. Therese Kennelly
"Biracial Existential Identity in Nella Larsen's Novella Quicksand"

2. Delphine Criscenzo
"Contemporary Issues Faced by the Cherokee Freedman"

3. Cierra Olivia Thomas-Williams
"Is There a Native American and Indigenous Diaspora?"

Fear of a Black Planet: National v. Ethnic Identity in Diasporic Communities
Bridgewater Lounge
12:15-2:15pm

1. Josef Woldense
"Nation or Ethnicity: Forging Eritrean[es] and Ethiopian[es]"

2. Heather Moore
"How Do College Educated Black West Indians Discuss Formal Education and View Racial and Ethnic Identity within the Caribbean and the United States?"

3. Antonio Garcia
"Dominican Dilemmas in Schooling: Are They Really 'Negro'?

4. Reighan Gillam
"Brazilian Mixed Race Nationalism and Mainstream Media Inclusion"

Fight the Power: Politics
Bridgewater Lounge
Room A223
12:15-2:15pm

1. Sarah Farmer
"The Race Race: Race, Privilege & Identity in Indiana University's Little 500 Cycling Event"

2. Lanier Frush holt
"Revisiting Katrina" A look at Who Supported the Clean-Up Effort (and Who Did Not)"

3. Shelby Cooley
"Neo-Political Engagement in the 2008 Election: Understanding Plurality of Black Identity and Politicization on Electoral Participation"

Yo! Bum Rush the Mic: Music as Cultural Expression
Bridgewater Lounge
2:30-4:30pm

1. Jean-Christophe Henry
"Senegalese Hip Hop: Negotiating the Transition from Cultural Movement to Political Power(1988-2009)"

2. Martha S. Al-Hieh
"Muslim, Music, and the Search for Meaning in the American Diaspora"

3. Sarah Florini
"Hip-Hop and Black Nationalism in the 21st Century: Beyond Public Enemy and Tupac"

For more information e-mail: hchs@indiana.edu or kdhollin@indiana.edu