Friday, March 18, 2011

Programme

Friday, 15 April 2011

Until 14:00 Arrival and registration

14:00-14:30 Workshop opening
Prof. Dr. Heike Paul (Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe-Dueck, Katharina Gerund and Susann Lewerenz

14:30-15:30 Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe-Dueck (Mannheim)
“The Matrilineal Diaspora: Black/Afro-German Women, Claiming Space & Finding Their Voices”
Chair: Cedric Essi (Erlangen-Nürnberg)

15:30-16:30 Katharina Gerund (Düsseldorf)
“The Sound of Solidarity: Angela Davis, Gender(ed) Politics, and (Protest) Songs”
Chair: Cedric Essi

16:30-17:00 Coffee break

17:00-18:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Judy Gummich (Berlin) – Human Rights Activist & Diversity Trainer
“Between Racism and Empowerment – Perspectives on Being Black in Germany”
Chair: Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe-Dueck

18:30-18:45 Short break

18:45-19:30 Film screening
“Hoffnung im Herz: Mündliche Poesie – May Ayim”, a film by Maria Binder, introduction: Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schultz, emer. (Berlin)
Chair: Susann Lewerenz (Hamburg)

19:45 Dinner
Venue: Zen - Cocktail Bar & Thai Restaurant, Theaterplatz 22, 91054 Erlangen



Saturday, 16 April 2011

9:00-10:00 Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schultz (Berlin) – emer., Author and Producer
“‘Audre Lorde – the Berlin Years’ – a Project in Progress”
Chair: Carmen Dexl (Erlangen-Nürnberg)

10:00-11:00 Susann Lewerenz (Hamburg)
“How Thea Leyseck became ‘German Southwest African’ – Colonial Revisionism, Gender, and Black Agency in Nazi Germany”
Chair: Carmen Dexl

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-13:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Prof. Dr. Gloria Wekker (Utrecht)
“Diving Into the Wreck. Reflections on Gender in the Black Diaspora”
Chair: Katharina Gerund

13:00-13:30 Plenary session
Introductory remarks: Prof. Dr. Heike Paul
Chair: Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe-Dueck

13:45-15:00 Lunch
Venue: TiO - Bar & Restaurant, Südliche Stadtmauerstraße 1a, 91054 Erlangen

Departure of workshop participants

15:00-15:45 Discussion of organisational matters
For members of the YSN “Black Diaspora and Germany”

15:45 End of workshop

Workshop venue:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Amerikanistik/American Studies, Bismarckstr. 1c, 91054 Erlangen, Room C 301

Contact and registration: bdg@uni-muenster.de
Deadline for registrations: 8 April 2011

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