INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM CENTENARY OF AIMÉ CÉSAIRE Aimé Césaire/La Négritude: Poetics, Africana History/Identities, and Political Thoughts PROGRAM Wednesday, October 16, 2013 October 16-17, 2013 Carnegie Building, Conference Room A Howard University (Washington, DC) 11:00 a.m. 4 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Registration African Art Exhibit 12:00 12:20 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Opening Remarks Dr. Wayne Frederick, Provost Dr. Barbara Griffin, Vice-President for Student Affairs Dr. Gary Harris, Dean, Graduate School Dr. Segun Gbadegesin, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Dr. James Davis, Chair, Department of World Languages and Cultures Dr. Lorenzo Morris, Chair, Faculty Senate Dr. Clément Akassi, Host Committee, and Program Chair 12:20-12:25 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Musical Introduction Performance by students of Changó, Howard University Spanish Cultural Society 12:25 1:00 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Keynote Address Josy O., Keynote Speaker (Writer, Haiti) L influence de Césaire sur les écrivains d origine haïtienne d après 1946 Keynote Speaker introduced by Fred Williams, Howard University
Bilingual Interpretation (French-English) Provided 1:15 2:30 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Plenary Session. Universalism of Aimé Césaire: Africa, Europe, Latin America Chair: Luis Miletti, Clark University Khady Diène, University of Maryland College Park Césaire, négritude and Littérature-monde Maryline Sephocle, Howard University Reception of Aimé Césaire in Germany Aisha Cort, Flint Hill School "Rethinking Caliban: Aimé Césaire, Sergio Giral and Negrometraje" 2:45 4:00 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Special Plenary Session. Tracing Images and Thoughts of Aimé Césaire Through Howard University PowerPoint and Video Session arranged by the Founders Library and the Interdisciplinary Research Group on African and African Diaspora Studies (Department of World Languages and Cultures). Organizers: Howard Dodson, Howard University Maryline Sephocle, Howard University 4:15 7:15 p.m. Screening Event Carnegie, Conference Room A Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History. Dir. Euzhan Palcy. 1994. Documentary. Documentary presented by Mbaye Cham, Howard University
PROGRAM Thursday, October 17, 2013 9:45 a.m. 3: 00 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Registration 9:45 11: 00 a.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Plenary Session. Discourse, Resistance, and Literature in the Twenty-first Century: Césaire s Legacy and the Contemporary Moment Session arranged by HU English Department Chair: Shauna Morgan Kirlew Anta Sène, Sénégal/Howard University A Fractal Analysis on Aimé Césaire s Discourse On Colonialism: An Innovative Tool of preserving African Archives in the 21 st Century Gregory Hampton, Howard University Shauna Morgan Kirlew, Howard University 11:15 12:30 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Plenary Session. Chants d ombres: The Shadow of Négritude in African Diaspora Cultural Expressions Chair: Zekeh Gbotokuma, Morgan State University Verny Varela, Howard University "Identity and Négritude through Currulao, Afro-Colombian Music from the Pacific Coast" Mesi Walton, Howard University Negritud in the Americas through the Art of Dance today Fred Williams, Howard University Aimé Césaire s Literary Impact and Legacy in Haiti 12:30 1:15 p.m. Recess
1:15 2:30 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Plenary Session. Exploring Black Power and Political Thoughts Chair: Araba Johnston-Arthur, Austria/Howard University Antonio Murillo, Howard University La Negritud in Colombia: The Legacy of Aimé Césaire. How it took Root and how it is still Alive" Quito Swan, Howard University Towards Ture: Discourse on Howard University and Black Radical Diaspora Amphas Mampoua Mbow, American University of London Political Thoughts of Aimé Césaire 2:45 3:45 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Special Plenary Session. Notebook of a Return to Césaire s Native Land Chair: Clément Animan Akassi, Howard University Zekeh S. Gbotokuma, Morgan State University Césaire s Presence: Recollection from a Pilgrimage to Césaire s Native Land During this special session, Gbotokuma will present a video, exhibit photos, and comment on his bilingual book entitled Césaire, Césairologie et l humanisme universel/cesaire, Cesairology, and universal humanism. The aforementioned are phenomenal reflections of his first historical trip to Fort de France/Martinique, in June 2003, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the birth of Aimé Césaire. Luis Miletti, Clark University Negritud: Seminal Concept for Scholarly Approaches on Afro-Latin American Issues During the special Session, Miletti will present Negritud, his peer-reviewed journal and show how such a seminal concept informs the research and the vision about African Diaspora in Latin America. 4:00 5:15 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Plenary Session. Cultures, Political Sciences, and Global Black Consciousness Session arranged by HU Political Sciences Department Chair : Amphas Mampoua Mbow, American University of London
Daryl Harris, Howard University The Cultural Dynamics of Resistance in Black Politics Lorenzo Morris, Howard University Comparative Race Consciousness between France and U.S. Kola Abimbola, Nigeria/Howard University Cultures and Democracy in Africa 5:25 6:00 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Plenary Session. A Staged Reading of Aimé Césaire s A Tempest Session arranged by HU Theatre Arts Department Respondent: Aisha Cort, Flint Hill School Performers: Professor Kim James Bey, and students of HU Theatre Arts 6:00 p.m. Carnegie, Conference Room A Cultural Activities and Reception
PROGRAM Josy O., Keynote Speaker Notes biographiques Marie-José Glémaud est née en 1939 aux Cayes en Haïti où elle a commencé sa carrière de professeur de français et de littérature. Épouse du sociologue et écrivain Émile Ollivier, elle a immigré au Québec en 1964 où elle poursuit son métier d enseignante au Collège classique d Amos, à la polyvalente de Beauharnois et finalement au Cegep de Saint-Laurent, où elle enseignera jusqu à sa retraite en 1996. Détentrice d une maîtrise en lettres de l Université McGill et d une double scolarité de doctorat en lettres et en communication de l Université de Montréal, elle a publié pendant plus de trente ans de nombreux articles et critiques littéraires au Québec et à l étranger. Elle a été publiée dans la revue de la diaspora haïtienne Collectif Paroles, les revues québécoises et françaises : Notre librairie, Études francophones, Études littéraires, Dires, la revue interculturelle Images et le journal Le Devoir. Principale collaboratrice de l œuvre littéraire de son mari, engagée dans les causes féministes, la promotion de la littérature migrante au Québec et spécialiste de la littérature de la Francophonie, elle est fréquemment invitée à prononcer des conférences dans des colloques spécialisés et dans des activités littéraires à travers le monde. Après le décès de son époux, en 2002, elle se lance à son tour dans l œuvre romanesque et produit sous le pseudonyme Josy O, un premier recueil de nouvelles, Fragments, publié aux éditions Plume et encre en 2007, puis un roman, Chronique d une saison torride, paru aux Éditions Mille eaux en 2012. À la fois théoricienne et praticienne de la littérature de la francophonie, Josy O apporte clarté et richesse à l analyse en mettant en lumière dans l œuvre littéraire des Noirs de la francophonie l influence du milieu, de l époque et de l histoire. Comme écrivain émergent, elle cherche à dégager à travers la matérialité du texte, l originalité des sources et la genèse psychologique ou historique des personnages, un discours critique sur les enjeux universels, les mythes et les tabous de notre époque.
Biographical Notes Marie-José Glémaud was born in May of 1939 in Cayes, Haiti, where she began her career as a French language and literature professor. Married to sociologist and writer Emile Ollivier, they immigrated to Québec in 1964. She then pursued a teaching career at the Collège classique d Amos, at Beauharnois high school, and finally at Saint-Laurent College, where she taught until her retirement in 1996. She holds a master s degree in literature from McGill University and a doctorate in literature and communication from the University of Montréal. She also published numerous articles in journals for more than thirty years. Some of her work includes articles in the Haitian diaspora main publication Collectif Paroles, some Québec and French journals, Notre librairie, Études francophones, Études littéraires, Dires, the intercultural review Image, and a respected Montréal newspaper, Le Devoir. As the primary collaborator in her husband s literary work, an active proponent of feminist causes and Québec migrant literature, and a francophone literature specialist, she is frequently invited to speak at conferences around the world. After her husband passed away in 2002, she turned to the fiction genre under the pseudonym Josy O, and wrote a collection of short stories, Fragments, published in 2007 by Plume et encre publishers. She then wrote a novel, Chronique d une saison torride, published by Editions Mille eaux in 2012. Both a theorist and practitioner of francophone literature, Josy O offers a clear and rich analysis, shedding light on the literary work of blacks in the French-speaking world, and emphasizing the contextual, historical, and social influences that informed and impacted their work. As an emerging writer, she aims to transcend the physical text, the originality of sources, and the psychological or historical origins of people in order to formulate a critical discussion of universal themes, myths, and the taboos of our era.