41st Annual Conference of the New York African(a) Studies Association at The City College (CUNY) and Columbia University, 1-2 April 2016
Call for Proposals/Abstracts (Final Deadline: 12 February 2016)
NYASA’S 41st conference is historic on all levels. It is the first time we will present the theme of Music and the Arts and a first time collaboration between The City College (CUNY), Columbia University, and the organization. It is also the first time the conference will present live performances, film screenings, and exhibitions. Music and the Arts of Africa and the Diaspora are defined in their totality, including all types of performance, visual, and mediatized cultural forms from within their traditional contexts to their contemporary manifestations. The conference will focus on broad themes within these genres such as spirituality, religion, politics, expressive culture, literature, languages, gender, science, health, identity, nationalism, and Pan-Africanism.
NYASA 2016 welcomes proposals for presentations, panels, posters, roundtables, and plenary sessions on all topics, but especially welcomes proposals that focus on the following:
Music and Art, Theater and drama, Total Art, Traditional musics and contemporary music, i.e. Gnawa, Reggae, Afrobeat, Hip Hop, Music and Art in the Political Sphere, Music in Politics, Art and Politics, Music and Art in the Social Sphere, Music and Social Consciousness, Art and Social Consciousness
Visit the NYASA website for more information.