“Turning Tides: A Symposium on Diasporic Literatures” will take place on November 6, 2010, at the McNally Auditorium at Fordham University-Lincoln Center. The auditorium is located at 140 W. 62nd Street, Law School Entrance (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues). The symposium is free and open to the public.
There will be presentations, readings, and a closing reception. Participants include Li Yun Alvarado, Nerissa S. Balce, Yvette Christiansë, Daniel Contreras, Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé, J. Michael Dash, Luis H. Francia, Denize Lauture, Willie Perdomo, Bino A. Realuyo, Melissa Roxas, Yolaine M. St. Fort, Edwin Torres.
Description: This creative and scholarly symposium which will highlight three different legacies of diaspora in the United States: Haiti, The Philippines and Puerto Rico. Each panel will feature a short scholarly talk, a reading by two writers followed by a moderated conversation. What do Filipino American writers take for granted, in terms of artistic freedom? In what political and aesthetic ways are Puerto Rican writers employing creative disobedience? Until January 2010, descendants of the Haitian diaspora could call Haiti their home—that geography has been rent. What kind of scattering will result? And, how will it be told by writers? The principle aim of Turning Tides is to involve prominent artists and scholars in an exchange of ideas for the purpose of proactively responding to the growing phenomena of American diaspora as it is in the making and to ground and contextualize this conversation within a critical understanding of a larger global history.
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