ABSTRACT
The Institute of Early American History and Culture and the American Studies Program at the University of Haifa will hold a conference at the University of Haifa in 1998 on the values and ideas of enslaved Africans and their descendants during the period of the forced dispersion of Africans which began in the mid-sixteenth century and the establishment of a black diaspora. The meeting will focus on transformations in black perceptions of self and society in response to enslavement, exile and resettlement. Scholars in all disciplines, including European, African and Latin American history, anthropology, literature and cultural studies, are invited to submit proposals describing the substance of their subject. Submissions of between ten and twelve pages in the English language and accompanied by a short CV should be sent to Ronald Hoffman, Director, Institute of Early American History and Culture, PO Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781, by 1 February 1997. The Institute intends to create a publication based on the papers presented at the conference. For further information, contact Ronald Hoffman, Tel. (804) 221-1133, Fax (804) 221-1047, email IEAHC1@facstaff.wm.edu.
