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The College of The Bahamas will host the Conference: Abolition of The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Telling the Story, February 21-23, 2008 at the Oakes Field Campus, Nassau.
Abstracts of approximately 200 words are invited on the following topics:
- Language and Oppression
- Religion in Slavery: Agent Provocateur or Opiate?
- Slavery and Human Sensibility
- Power and Enslavement
- Kinship across the Diaspora
- Identity: Culture, Race and Gender
- Enslavement and Liberation: Pedagogy
- Liberation: Ideologies, Contexts and Dynamics
- Liberation: Simple Past or Present Continuous?
Please send abstracts as an attached Word file to Jessica Minnis, Chair of the Conference Committee at abolitionconference@cob.edu.bs no later than October 1, 2007.
The conference will feature 20-minute papers from all disciplines, followed by 10-minute discussions, presented in concurrent and plenary sessions. Panel and poster proposals will also be considered. Such proposals should be as complete as possible.
Submissions (an electronic copy) should be directed to:
Jessica Minnis
Associate Professor
School of Social Sciences
The College of The Bahamas
Oakes Field Campus
P O Box N4912
Nassau, Bahamas
E-mail: abolitionconference@cob.edu.bs
October 1, 2007 - Submission of abstracts
October 31, 2007 - Early Registration
December 3, 2007 - Late Registration
December 31, 2007 - Submission of full papers
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Registration costs are as follows:
| 3 Days: |
$450.00 |
| Day Rate: |
$150.00 |
| Late Registration Fee: |
$125.00 |
| Student Rate: |
$150.00 |
| Student Day Rate: |
$75.00 |
For information on the availability of student subsidies, please contact:
Vice President Research, Graduate Programmes and International Relations at Tel: (242) 302 4455
Dr. Joseph E. Harris, Howard University Distinguished Professor of History emeritus, an expert on Africa and Director of the South African Research and Archival Project. At the conference his topic center around: "Global slave trade and the emergence of communities of African descent around the world".
Dr. Rosanne Adderley, Professor of History at Tulane University and author. Her presentation will focus on "Freed Africans in The Bahamas".
Mr. William Godfrey Davis Esq., Attorney at Law and Transformative Mediator, his topic will be "Reparations for the peoples of the Maafa".
Mr. Kojo Yankah, President of the Africa Institute of Journalism & Communications, educator and author, he will speak on the topic: "Reconciliation for the peoples of the Maafa".
Guidelines for Artists
The Conference on the Abolition of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade: Telling The Story, invites all artists to submit up to three (3) artworks executed in any medium for showing at the conference February 21-23, 2008.
The exhibition will open on Friday, 15 February, 2008 at 6.30 in the evening at the Performing Arts Centre at The College of the Bahamas Oakes Field Campus.
All artwork should be sent or brought to the Pro Gallery which is located in the S Block at The College of the Bahamas Oakes Field Campus one (1) week prior to the opening of the exhibition. Please address all artworks to Mrs. Joann Behagg or Mr. John Cox.
All artists should give an indication of how they would wish their 3D pieces to be displayed. Photographic images would assist us in determining your display needs.
Foreign artists are welcome. However, all related costs will be the responsibility of the artists (packing, shipping, and customs duty, etc.) to and from The Bahamas.
The Conference Committee will select the works to be exhibited and all decisions are final.
For more information, contact:
Joann Behagg
email: jbehagg@cob.edu.bs
Telephone: 302 4560
John Cox
jcox@cob.edu.bs
Telephone: 302-4485
Participants seeking accommodation may wish to consider the following hotels and resorts:
- Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino
Rates:
$179.00 Single Occupancy
$179.00 Double Occupancy
$40.00 EP, per room daily
Third person add-on $ 40.00 per night
Plus Hotel Taxes
Telephone: (242) 327-6200 Fax: (242) 327-6818
- British Colonial Hilton
Rates:
$189.00 Single/Double Occupancy
$20.00 for additional persons per room
Telephone: (242) 302-9000 Fax: (242) 302-9010
- Nassau Palm Resort
Rates:
$85.00 Single/Double Occupancy
$95.00 Triple
$105.00 Quad
Plus Hotel Taxes
Telephone: (242) 356-0000 Fax: (242) 377-2051
Transportation will be available for delegates to and from from these hotels to conference site daily.
Booking Accommodations
If you wish to book accommodation at any of the hotels listed above, please contact them directly using the contact information provided.
Conference participants are reminded that January to May is the peak winter season for hotels in The Bahamas. To avoid disappointment, it is advisable to make hotel reservations as soon as possible.
Other Accommodation Options
Nassau is a major tourist destination and offers many accommodation options. For more information on hotels and resorts and on The Bahamas generally, go to the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism's website www.bahamas.com.
- Passports and visas are required for entry into The Bahamas
- United States citizens, please check
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html
regarding reentry to the US.
- The legal tender is the Bahamian dollar (B$1), which is equivalent in value to the U.S. dollar. Both U.S. and Bahamian dollars are accepted interchangeably throughout the islands. Most credit cards and travelers cheques in dollar denominations are widely accepted. There are ATMs in Nassau/Paradise Island, on Grand Bahama Island, Abaco, Exuma, Eleuthera and Harbour Island.
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