Blacks of France - Cecille

Blacks of France: new dimensions in history
and historiography of an African diaspora
Organisation : Audrey Célestine, Sylvain Pattieu, Emmanuelle Sibeud, Tyler Stovall
UC-Berkeley, Université Paris 8, Université Lille 3
Conference - Program
❱❱ Race and citizenship in the French Empire :
boundaries, spaces of negotiation and openness
❱❱ Race, black diaspora and institutions : nation, family, gender
❱❱ Décolonisations et migrations des Trente Glorieuses :
nouvelles expériences des “Noirs de France”
❱❱ Corps, représentations, circulations dans la France contemporaine
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Bechacq, Dimitri, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris - Boittin, Jennifer, Pennsylvania State University - Boulle, Pierre,
McGill University - celestine, Audrey, Université Lille-3 - conklin, Alice, The Ohio State University - church, Christopher, UC-Berkeley – FilaBakaBadio, Sarah, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris - Fleming, Crystal, SUNY-Stony Brook - Freitas, Franck, Université
Paris-8 - geneste, Elsa, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris - germain, Felix, University of North Carolina, Charlotte - ginio,
Ruth, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - giraud, Michel, CNRS/Université des Antilles et de la Guyane goldstein sepinwall, Alyssa, CSUSan Marcos Jones, hesse, carla, uc-Berkeley, Jones, Donna, UC-Berkeley martin, Waldo, UC-Berkeley - mitchell, Robin, DePaul University nasiali, Minayo, University of Arizona - pattieu, Sylvain, Université Paris 8 - peaBody, Sue, Washington State University, Vancouver - siBeud,
Emmanuelle, Université Paris 8 - stovall, Tyler, University of California, Berkeley - taylor, Ula, UC-Berkeley - thomas, Dominic, UCLA Zimmerman, Sarah, Western Washington University, Hesse.
THURSDAY, MARCH 21
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE FRENCH EMPIRE : BOUNDARIES, SPACES OF NEGOTIATION AND OPENNESS
Session 1 ❱❱❱ 9-11 AM
PEABODY, Sue, Washington State University, Vancouver
`` “Furcy and France’s Free Soil Policy in the Nineteenth Century,”
GENESTE, Elsa, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
`` “Égalité politique versus égalité culturelle ? Histoire de la « question noire » dans la France impériale et les États-Unis (1912-1926)”
Session 2 ❱❱❱ 11-12:30 PM
ZIMMERMAN, Sarah, Western Washington University
`` “Domesticating African Soldiers : Mesdames Tirailleurs and Villages Negres on Moroccan Campaign, 1908-1918”
GINIO, Ruth, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
`` “A Very Special Element”: Demobilized Soldiers Returning from France after World War II and their Perceptions of Colonial and Racial Relations in French West Africa.”
COMMENT: Alice Conklin, The Ohio State University
12:30-2 PM LUNCH
RACE, BLACK DIASPORA AND INSTITUTIONS : NATION, FAMILY, GENDER
Session 1 ❱❱❱ 2-3:30 PM
STOVALL, Tyler, University of California, Berkeley
`` “Solidarity or Cultural Imperialism? African Americans and the Making of Black France.”
BECHACQ, Dimitri, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
`` “Expériences haïtiennes en France et registre racial : entre assignation identitaire et recomposition des appartenances.”
COMMENT: Waldo Martin, UC-Berkeley
Session 2 ❱❱❱ 3:30-5 PM
`` “French Caribbean politics’ in mainland France at the contemporary era.”
BOITTIN, Jennifer, Pennsylvania State University
`` “Urban Women: Diaspora, Race and Sex in Early Twentieth Century Paris and Rufisque”
COMMENT: Ula Taylor, UC-Berkeley
5-5:30 PM BREAK
KEYNOTE ADDRESS ❱❱❱ : 5:30-6:30
BOULLE, Pierre, McGill University
`` “Black family experiences in France (18th-19th centuries): Some case studies.”
COMMENT: Carla Hesse, UC-Berkeley
PATTIEU, Sylvain, Université Paris 8
`` “Le BUMIDOM (Bureau pour le développement des migrations dans les départements d’Outre-Mer), 1963-1982 : organiser les migrations d’outre-mer en métropole, actions et contradictions”
GERMAIN, Felix, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
`` “Mercer Cook: A Career Studying Blacks in the French Atlantic ”
COMMENT: Minayo Nasiali, University of Arizona
11-11:30 AM BREAK
Session 2 ❱❱❱ 11:30-1 PM
FLEMING, Crystal, SUNY-Stony Brook
`` “Framing the Legacies of Slavery in the Metropole: Perspectives of West Indian Migrants”
GIRAUD, Michel, CNRS/Université des Antilles et de la Guyane
`` “Mémoires d’esclavage aux Antilles françaises”
COMMENT: Christopher Church, UC-Berkeley
1-3 PM LUNCH
CORPS, REPRÉSENTATIONS, CIRCULATIONS DANS LA FRANCE CONTEMPORAINE
Session 1 ❱❱❱ 3-5 PM
FILA-BAKABADIO, Sarah, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
`` “Historicizing the Black Body in Contemporary France: an Analysis”
FREITAS, Franck, Université Paris 8
`` “An ‘African-American Dream’ within the Postcolonial issue in France: a neoliberal appeal from a racial mimesis”
MITCHELL, Robin, DePaul University
`` “Shaking the Foundations of France: The Influence of Black Women in the Production of Frenchness”
DÉCOLONISATIONS ET MIGRATIONS DES TRENTE GLORIEUSES : NOUVELLES EXPÉRIENCES DES “NOIRS DE FRANCE”.
Session 1 ❱❱❱ 9-11 AM
CELESTINE, Audrey, Université Lille 3
SIBEUD, Emmanuelle, Université Paris 8
`` “La citoyenneté perdue et recouvrée des Saint-Mariens (1907–années 1950), une cause impériale ?”
COMMENT: Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall, California State University, San Marcos
FRIDAY, MARCH 21
THOMAS, Dominic, UCLA
`` “Controlling Blackness and European Identity”
COMMENT: Donna Jones, UC-Berkeley
5-6:30 PM Concluding Session/Roundtable