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黑料正能量 is proud to announce its upcoming conference 鈥淎 Language to Dwell In鈥�: James Baldwin, Paris, and International Visions from聽26-28 May 2016.

The conference will represent a broad international and interdisciplinary explorations of Baldwin鈥檚 life and writing, with a special emphasis on the Paris he inhabited, both what it was and what it is today as a result of the marks he left behind, and on his experiences in Europe, Africa, and Turkey. Stressing the importance of James Baldwin, the conference hopes to be an international point of intersection for all those interested in Baldwin鈥檚 writing from literary and cultural critics, to political activists, poets, musicians, publishers and historians.聽 We seek the widest range of academic and public intellectual discussion around Baldwin鈥檚 work which has influenced so many and so much.

Opening Round Table Discussants:

D. Quentin Miller, Suffolk University, Boston Doug Fields, Manchester University Claudine Reynaud, Universit茅 Paul-Val茅ry, Montpellier Bill Schwarz, Queen Mary University, London Cora Kaplan, Queen Mary University, London

Plenary Speakers:

Isabel Wilkerson,聽Pulitzer Prize-winning聽American聽journalist, and the author of聽. Bill Mullen, Purdue University Robert Reid-Pharr, CUNY Graduate Center James Campbell, Stanford University Call for Papers

The American University of Paris announces a call for papers for the International James Baldwin Conference to be held 26-28 May 2016 at the American University of Paris. Other Paris venues crucial to Baldwin鈥檚 experience of the city will be used as additional settings, thus taking conference participants into 鈥淏aldwin鈥檚 Paris.鈥�

The Conference encourages broad international and interdisciplinary exploration of Baldwin鈥檚 life and writing, with emphasis on the Paris he inhabited (intermittently from 1948 onwards), both for what it was and for what it is today as a result of the marks he left behind. An emphasis on his versatility in terms of style, genre and socio-political concerns is also of primary concern. Stressing the importance of Baldwin鈥檚 life, work and literary relations, the conference will be an intersection for all those interested in Baldwin鈥檚 work: from literary and cultural critics, to scholars of gender and queer theory, to political activists, poets, filmmakers, historians and musicians as well. We seek a wide range of academic and public discussions which can engage with Baldwin鈥檚 work.

Topics may include but are not limited to:

Baldwin and Expatriate Paris: Friends and Enemies Baldwin as a Global Explorer: The Fire Yet Again? Global Influence: Baldwin鈥檚 Work in Non-U.S. Settings Baldwin in a Post-Racial Imaginary Baldwin and Genre Baldwin and Literary Journalism Baldwin and the Civil Rights Movement Teaching Baldwin Today Baldwin and the Other Arts

Proposal for papers should include:

A brief (250-300 word) abstract 聽A one to two page vita.

Submissions to Alice Craven at聽acravenaup.edu聽and William Dow at聽wdowaup.edu

Deadline for Submissions: December 1, 2015.