The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples at York University is proud to be part of an international network of research centres committed to overcoming injustice and inequity as a result of slavery. Our leading-edge research focuses on the forced and voluntary movement of African peoples around the world. As a social innovator, the Institute's mandate is to promote a greater understanding of the history of slavery and its legacy. The Institute fosters debate, informs public policy and strives to resolve current social injustices. Digital archiving technology enables the preservation of documents and other materials for easy access to historical records. The Institute is named for the spirit of Harriet Tubman, liberator of her people, feminist, and humanist (c.1820-1913).
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November 12, 2009: Open House
The Harriet Tubman Institute welcomed over 70 people to its Open House   on November 12. Dr. Toyin Falola presented a lecture on "Globalization   of the African Diaspora."At the reception that followed, Kassahun   Checole, Publisher of Africa World Press formally launched The Harriet   Tubman Series on the African Diaspora.

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October, 2009 - HIGHLIGHT: ANNOUNCING THE HARRIET TUBMAN SERIES ON THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AFRICA WORLD PRESS

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October 13, 2009 Now released, in the Harriet Tubman Series on the African Diaspora, Africa World Press.

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August 14, 2009 With the launch of the book collection Del Olvido a la Memoria - Africanos y Afromestizos en la Historia Colonial de Centroamérica, we are making available for download the ebook version of the four Volumes:

 

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October 05, 2009 The Tubman Institute is pleased to announce that Prof. Danielle  Robinson has been awarded a Faculty of Fine Arts Teaching Award. Danielle was curator of the highly successful Performing Diaspora 2009 series and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Tubman Institute. Danielle is also a participant in the MCRI Project "Slavery, Memory, Citizenship." A full feature story is available on Y-File, as indicated by the link below:

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Reviews about Performing Diaspora 2009. Celebrating Black History Month

Performing Diaspora 2009. Pictures

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Tubman Newsletter

July 2009 The Harriet Tubman Institute Newsletter number 19 is out. It includes Conference and Workshop Reports, Performing Diaspora 2009, Research Video Festival 2009, and much more...

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Future Events

November 19-22, 2009 Bridging Two Oceans: Slavery in Indian and Atlantic Worlds, Cape Town, South Africa, An International Conference organised by the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull, UK.

December 4-5 & 6-8 John Brown 150th Commemoration, North Elba (Lake Placid), NY.
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December 13-20 2009 Université d'hivernage / Winter Institute: Esclavage en Patrimoine: Représenter l'histoire dans l'espace public. Port-au-Prince, Hïati

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January 19, 2010 at 7:00pm
Canadian Writers in Person –
Lawrence Hill will be reading from his award-winning novel, The Book of Negroes, and answer questions from the audience.  The reading is presented as part of the credit course, HUMA/CLTR 1953 6.0 Canadian Writers in Person, taught by Professor Leslie Sanders, and is co-sponsored by the Harriet Tubman Institute.  All readings in this course are open to the public.  109 ACW at York University 

January 23, 2010 Endangered Archives Workshop. Harriet Tubman Institute, York University, Toronto, Canada

January 28-30, 2010 Rethinking Multiculturalism: Brazil, Canada, and the United States, York University, Toronto, Canada.
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January 30-February 5, 2010 Tubman Institute Screening of Research Video Festival.

March 15-19, 2010 2nd International Conference on Caribbean Studies (ICCS) "The Many Caribbeans and the Bicentennial of the Continental Spanish American Independence Movements", University of Cartagena, Cartageran de Indias, Colombia

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March 26-28, 2010 10th Annual Africa Conference: Women, Gender, and Sexualities in Africa, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA.
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April 13-15, 2010 International Conference: Legal Structures and Localised Practices of Slavery, from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Century (Europe - Africa - Americas), Cheik Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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5-7 May 2010 CAAS 2010 Conference - Call for Papers "Africa Matters": Celebrating 40 years of the Canadian Association of  African Studies. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Conférence de l´ACEA 2010- Appel à communications «L´AFRIQUE COMPTE»: Une célébration des 40 ans de l´Association canadienne des Etudes africaines. Université Carleton, Ottawa, Canada
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6-8 May 2010 The 41st Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Toronto and York University Toronto, Canada. Theme: ‘African languages in contact’
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24-28 May, 2010 Caribbean Studies Association Annual Conference 2010. Barbados "Understanding the Everyday Occurrence of Violence in the CulturalLife of the Caribbean: Where Do We Go From Here?"
DEADLINE for Submission: January 22nd, 2010
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07-09 June 2010 International Conference: The Impact of the Atlantic World on the "Old Worlds" in Europe and Africa from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries
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December 17-19, 2010 International Conference: Preserving Africa's Ancient Manuscripts, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
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