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Learn about the African presence in Latin America from 21 nationally and internationally recognized experts, including professors and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization representatives on Oct. 7-8 at the UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, located at 1221 10th Ave. South.
The purpose of this interdisciplinary colloquium is to generate new ideas regarding black identity and struggles for survival and justice through the Americas. Experts will examine runaway slave communities in Latin America in an effort to reassess the concept of “maroonage,” escaping slavery, negotiation with slave-based and racist systems, and resistance against oppression from colonial times to the new context of our globalized world.
Experts will give presentations in English and Spanish. The colloquium is hosted by the UAB Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University and the Alabama Humanities Foundation. The event is free and open to the public.
For a complete schedule of presentations and events, visit the colloquium website or email John Maddox, Ph.D., at jtmaddox@uab.edu.