Transnationalism, Creolization and the Cultural Politics of Encounter

March 20-21, 1998

Friday, March 20

Opening Remarks: Neil L. Whitehead

9:10-10:10
Moderator: Susan S. Friedman
Aliko Songolo , Frnech and Italian and African Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"In the Wake of Negritude: Maroons, Migrants and Creoles"
Maria Lepowsky , Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Writing Colonial Cultures"

10:45-12:00
Moderator: Neil L. Whitehead

Peter Hulme, Department of Literature, University of Essex
"Strange Fish: Three Post Colonial Projects"

1:30-2:45
Moderator: Mary Layoun

Masao Miyoshi, Department of Literature, Univeristy of California-San Diego
"What to Study, What to Teach"

3:00-4:30
Moderator: Thongchai Winichakul
Freida High Tesfagiorgis , Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Racialized Discourse at the Site of Modern Art"
R. Anderson Sutton , School of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Voices on the Periphery: Mass Media and Local Music in an Indonesian Province"

4:00-4:30 Final Discussion

4:30-5:30 Reception

Saturday, March 21

9:30-11:30
Workshop organized by graduate students of the Border Studies Research Circle and open to everyone, featuring discussions with conference speakers.

Sponsored by The Border Studies Research Circle, with funding from the Institute for Research in the Huamnities and the International Institute.