USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: Scholars to Discuss African Immigrants in the U.S., Dec. 15—Dispatch December 1, 2016

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You are subscribed to News from the John W. Kluge Center from the Library of Congress. Scholars to Discuss African Immigrants in the U.S., Dec. 15—Dispatch December 1, 2016 Contemporary African immigration and African communities in the U.S. will be the focus of a half-day symposium at the Library of Congress on Dec. 15. "Contemporary African Immigrants in the United States" will be hosted by noted historian Toyin Falola, the current Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South at the Library of Congress. The symposium will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15 in room 119 on the first floor of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not needed. The scholars participating are: Dr. Toyin Falola, Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura, Researcher-in-residence of Abrahamic Connections and Islamic Peace Studies at the Center for Global Peace in the School of International Service at American University and the Director of The African Institution, both in Washington, D.C. Dr. Nemata Blyden, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs and Interim Director of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at The George Washington University Dr. Kenneth Harrow, Distinguished Professor of English, African Literature and Cinema at Michigan State University Dr. Moses Ochonu, Professor of History at Vanderbilt University What: "Contemporary African Immigrants in the United States", hosted by historian Toyin Falola, 2016 Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South. When: Thursday, December 15, 2016, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. – note earlier start time Where: Room LJ-119, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Free and open to the public. Tickets are not needed. Directions and maps: http://www.loc.gov/visit/directions/ Falola is the author of numerous books, including "The African Diaspora: Slavery, Migration and Globalization," "Violence in Nigeria: The Crisis of Religious Politics and Secular Ideologies," "The Power of African Cultures," and "Nationalism and African Intellectuals." As a series editor, he manages leading monograph series for the following publishers: Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Cambria Press, Carolina Academic Press, the University of Rochester Press, and the Cambridge University Press. He also serves on the board of more than 20 journals on African Studies. He was the vice-president of the International Scientific Committee, UNESCO Slave Route Project. Falola is now the president of the Consortium of Pan-African University Press. He currently serves on the Library of Congress Scholars Council. Falola has spent the past four months at the Library of Congress researching a project titled "African Immigrant Communities in the United States." Falola seeks to document and to structure into a discernible narrative framework the stories and experiences of African intellectual and professional migrants to North America and Europe in what is being called "the moment of brain drain." He also wants to produce both a collection of aesthetically independent and readable stories of migration, its challenges, and its triumphs, and an archive of immigrant experiences for scholars and policymakers. The Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South is a distinguished senior research position in residence at the Library appointed by the Librarian of Congress. Using research facilities and services at the Library, the scholar is expected to explore the history of the regions of Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and the islands of the Pacific including Australia and New Zealand, using the immense foreign language collections of the Library of Congress. The John W. Kluge Center was established at the Library of Congress in 2000 to foster a mutually enriching relationship between the world of ideas and the world of action, between scholars and political leaders. The Center attracts outstanding scholarly figures to Washington, D.C., facilitates their access to the Library's remarkable collections, and helps them engage in conversation with policymakers and the public. Learn more at: http://www.loc.gov/kluge. Received this email from a colleague? Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay up-to-date on news from The John W. Kluge Center. Follow us on Twitter: @KlugeCtr. 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