From Slavery to Freedom: Africans in the Americas

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History is soliciting papers for its 92nd Annual Conference. Since the theme focuses broadly on the experiences of Africans in the Americas "from slavery to freedom," submissions are encouraged that treat the Atlantic slave trade, slavery, resistance, abolition movements, emancipation, and the development of "New World" communities in all parts of the African Diaspora. Individuals interested in submitting proposals should give particular thought to comparative perspectives on slavery and race. The theme will also allow for broad and varied discussions on reparations and the meaning of freedom and citizenship for Africans throughout the Americas. ASALH invites scholars from all disciplines to make
presentations in Charlotte on African and African American life, history, thought, and culture from the Atlantic coast of West Africa to the Caribbean Islands, Latin America, and the United States.

As has become the custom, the convention will be both an academic conference and a celebration of African American life and history. Preference will be given to session proposals that address the specific conference theme; other submissions, however, are invited and will be gladly accepted. ASALH supports and values all scholarship on peoples of African descent.

Conference Deadlines

• May 31 - Deadline for Call for Papers
• July 1 - Deadline for Authors' Book Signing Request Form
• July 15 - Deadline for Early-Bird Conference Registration
• July 15 - Deadline for Souvenir Journal Advertisers
• August 1 - Deadline for Exhibitors (Early Bird)
• August 15 - Deadline for Exhibitor Registration and Payment
• September 5 - Deadline to receive the Conference Rate at the Hilton Charlotte University Place, if rooms are not sold out by this date. Reserve your room now!
• September 14 - Deadline for On-Site Registration (After this date only On-line registration is accepted)
• September 15 - Deadline for Teachers' Workshop Registration
• September 15 - Deadline for Conference Pre-Registration

For information on how to make electronic submissions, please visit

www.asalh.org/92ndconvention.html

Chair: David C. Dennard, East Carolina University

Please direct all Program Questions to Dr. Dennard at dennardd@ecu.edu