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Press Release:
MEDIA CONTACT: Polly Burks
561-297-2595, pburks@fau.edu
FAU Conference Addresses Haiti’s Past and
Future
BOCA RATON, FL (October 13, 2010) – Florida Atlantic
University will hold a conference titled “Haiti and the
Americas” from Thursday, October 21 through Saturday, October
23. The conference will bring together scholars working on aspects
of Haiti’s influence on the hemisphere, both historically and
today. Session topics will focus on the many ways Haiti has been
represented by outsiders, as well as the ways Haitians represent
themselves, to think about the past, present and future of Haiti's
place in the imagination of the Americas. The first two days of the
conference will be held in the Senate Chambers on FAU’s Boca
Raton campus, 777 Glades Road, and Saturday’s sessions will
be held at the Wyndham Hotel in Boca Raton. All sessions are free
and open to the public.
In addition to academic panels featuring presentations by leading scholars, the filmmaker, Michelange Quay, will be a special guest, presenting his film Eat, For This Is My Body on Thursday at 6 p.m. in FAU's Senate Chambers. Quay has been featured in the Lincoln Center/Museum of Modern Art new directors series, and his films have appeared at many international film festivals including Sundance. A literary evening will be held in the Ritter Art Gallery on Friday evening at 6 p.m., featuring creative writers Andrea Shaw, Guggenheim-winner Rose Rejouis and Commonwealth prize finalist Myriam J.A. Chancy.
This
event is sponsored by FAU’s department of philosophy, Rice
University, the Florida Humanities Council and PumaCreative. For
the full conference schedule, visit
www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/page/5218/en.
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About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information, visit www.fau.edu .
