Haiti Beyond Borders: Challenges and  Progress Across the Diaspora

Haitian Studies Association Annual Conference
November 8-10, 2012
York College, CUNY
Jamaica, New York

Keynote Speaker: Gary Victor, Independent Scholar, Journalist, and Writer

Other highlights:

Plenary I: Rethinking Development through Tourism and Diasporic Contributions
Patrick Delatour, Former Minister of Tourism
Fénol Méttellus, Université Publique du Nord au Cap Haitien
Mimi Sheller, Drexel University

Plenary II: Rethinking Haitian Women’s Rights
Mark Schuller, Northern Illinois University
Regine Jean-Charles, Boston College
Olga Benoit, Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn-SOFA

Plenary III: Theorizing Haitian Studies: The Way Home
Nadège Clitandre, University of California at Santa Barbara
Jacky Lumarque, Université Quisqueya

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