MLA
Modern Language Association
San Francisco, CA
December 27-30, 2008
http://www.mla.org/convention

Carter G. Woodson Birthday Commemoration *New Location *
Friday, December 21, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
Thurgood Marshall Center, 1816 12th Street, NW (old Anthony Bowen YMCA), Washington, DC 202.462.1852

Race and the American Voter, A conference on race and voting in the 2008 election and beyond.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Paper Presentations: 1:30-5:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: 5:00-6:30 p.m
Ida Noyes Hall, Max Palevsky Cinema University of Chicago, 1212 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL

Voyages: The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database and the bicentennial of the end of the transatlantic slave trade. Emory University, December 5 and 6.
If you are interested in attending, or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Cheryl Treacy-Lenda at ctreacy@emory.edu or 404-727-6402.

The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations Western Region Conference
THEME: "Fearlessly Forward As We Build for Eternity"
December 5-6, 2008, Oakland, CA
LOCATION: ASA Academy & Community Science Center
2811 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA 94608

Beautiful Me(s): Finding our Revolutionary Selves in Black Cuba
Documentary Premiere: December 1st, New York City
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. at The New School, 66 West 12th Street Room 407, Alvin Johnson/JM Kaplan Hall

Hall Center for the Humanities
Difficult Dialogues: Race, Education and American Politics
Charles Johnson, University of Washington-Seattle
"The Obsolescence of the Concept of Race"
Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium
http://www.hallcenter.ku.edu

Hall Center for the Humanities
Difficult Dialogues: Race, Education and American Politics
"The Impact of Race on Education"
Debate:  KU v. Texas Southern University
Commons Spooner Hall University of Kansas Campus
Friday, October 10, 2008, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
http://www.hallcenter.ku.edu

ASALH
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Birmingham, AL
October 1-5, 2008
http://asalh.org/93rdconvention.html