13th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Interdisciplinary Conference
13th Annual African, African American, and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) Interdisciplinary Conference
Hosted virtually by James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
February 14-17, 2023
Deadline: November 1, 2022
The African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Center at James Madison University invites proposals for its annual interdisciplinary conference, to be held from Tuesday February 14 to Friday, February 17, 2023. The conference brings together scholars and archivists from a wide variety of overlapping and intersecting fields. This year’s theme is “Roots, Limbs, and Leaves.”
This year’s conference will be held as a hybrid conference, based at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. We invite proposals for both virtual and in-person presentations. We welcome proposals from scholars in all relevant disciplines at any point in their scholarly careers. Proposals for individual presentations or pre-constituted panels could address, but are not limited to, topics such as these:
- Africa and the Black Atlantic
- Plants and Plantations
- Roots and Routes
- The Vegetal World
- Black Geographies
- Diasporas
- Grassroots Organizing and Activism
- Linguistic Roots
- Non-Western Science and Medicine
- Non-Binary and Transgender Approaches to Roots
- Religions and Their Roots
- Un-rootedness
- The Grounding of Sovereignty
- Tradition versus Traditionalism
- Resource Networks and Infrastructure
- Origins and Pre-Histories
- Climate Justice
- Feminist Traditions and Counter-Traditions
- Navigating and Transforming Predominantly White Institutions
- Black Digital Networks
- Queering Roots
- Ubuntu
- Black Publishing Histories
- Nurturing Life: Health and Healthcare
- The Black Anthropocene
- Farming and Gardening
- Food Sovereignty
Please send any questions and/or 300-word presentation proposals (or 1000-word panel proposals) to aaadstudies@jmu.edu by November 1, 2022. Proposals should include a presentation and/or panel title, along with each presenter’s name, institutional affiliation, email address, and a brief bio. Please specify whether your proposal is for an in-person or virtual presentation. Panel proposals must include at least three panelists. Further information and updates about the conference may be found at sites.lib.jmu.edu/aaadjmu.