The Black Metropolis Research Consortium is accepting applications for two fellowship programs:The BMRC Short-Term Fellowship Program in African American Studies and the Timuel D. Black, Jr. Short-TermFellowship in African American Studies. The application deadline for both programs is January 11, 2010. For more information on how to apply go to the BMRC website.

Apply for Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Scholars in Residence.
Application deadline December 1, 2009

Wintergreen Women Writers' Collective Comes to the Shenandoah Valley!
Shaping Memories, Reflections of African American Women Writers
JMU-Highlands Room, Festival Conference and Student Center
Friday, November 6, 2009
7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.

25th Annual Symposium on African American Culture & Philosophy
"New Directions in Feminism and Womanism in Africa and the African Diaspora"
Keynote: Dr. Rosayln Terborg-Penn Stewart Center * Purdue University * West Lafayette, IN 47906
November 5 - 7, 2009

Celebrating Contemporary African American Literature: The Novel Since 1988
October 23-24, 2009
The Nittany Lion Inn
State College, Pennsylvania

45th Annual Mississippi Civil Rights Martyrs Memorial Service and Conference Longdale, Neshoba County, Mississippi Weekend of June 20 and 21, 2009

Lucille Clifton Poetry Seminar
James Madison University
June 14-21, 2009
Critics include: Akasha Hull, Cheryl Wall, Hilary Holladay, Keith Leonard, Nikkey Finney,
and Edward Scott
More information and registration at www.jmu.edu/furiousflower/
Designed specifically for high school and college teachers

The Changing Role and Influence of Women of Color in Society
Princeton University, Friend Center, Convocation Room, Saturday, May 9, 2009

"Lineage: A Margaret Walker Song Cycle"
Professor Maryemma Graham, Department of English, University of Kansas
Sun., May 3, 2009, 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Hall Center.

Julia Wright to speak at the University of Kansas
"Uncle Tom's Grandchildren: How My Father Taught Me About Race"
Mon., Apr. 13, 2009, 7:30-9:00 p.m. at The Commons on the KU Campus. Sponsored by the Hall Center.

Black Music Culture Area 39th and 31st Annual Joint Meeting of PCA/ACA
New Orleans Marriott Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
April 8-11, 2009

International Society of African Philosophy and Studies
15th Annual Conference
April 1-3, 2009
University of Cheikh Anta Diop-Dakar

CLA
College Language Association
"Liberation as Theme and Strategy in Language and Literatures"
Eastern Shore, MD
March 25-29, 2009
http://www.clascholars.org/

The University of Hawai'i Faculty of African Descent
Third Biennial Winter Institute for Black Studies
January 15-16, 2009 in Honolulu.
For more information visit www.uhwibs.com.