Kenan Visiting Scholar

Paul Gilroy Keynote Address: Thursday, Jan. 17, 6 p.m.
Sonja Hanes Stone Center Auditorium

Open to the public at no charge

Academic Conference: Friday-Saturday, Jan. 18-19, 2008
Hyde Hall 

Register by Dec. 15 to Carrie Matthews, carrie.muneca@gmail.com.   
Include your name, email address, and which days you will be attending.

Paul Gilroy: Cultural Historian and Theorist

The Institute for the Arts and Humanities is pleased to host acclaimed cultural critic and historian Paul Gilroy and a series of preparatory events focused on the work of this renowned scholar.

This special opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and students is made possible by a gift from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust.

Paul Gilroy has taught at Goldsmith’s College of the University of London and at Yale University. He is especially noted for his work on the black diaspora and the migration of peoples, cultures and ideas between Africa, the Caribbean, England and North America. Gilroy has written six books, including The Black Atlantic (Harvard University Press, 1993) and Against Race (Harvard University Press, 2000).

Scholarly Preparation: Fall 2007

►    Graduate Course: Graduate students examine Gilroy’s work and issues arising from the black Diaspora, particularly in the Atlantic world, in a course team taught by UNC American studies assistant professor Jay Garcia and Duke University public policy professor William “Sandy” Darity Jr.
►    Reading Group: Faculty and students can explore and discuss Gilroy’s work in a reading group led by English department assistant professor Jennifer Ho.

Professor Gilroy’s UNC visit: Jan. 16-19, 2008

►    Small Groups: Invited faculty and students will have the opportunity to meet in small groups with Professor Gilroy on Jan. 16.
►    Workshop/Conference: A three-day event Jan. 17-19 will feature keynote remarks and question-and-answer session with Professor Gilroy, presentation of papers on his work by eight invited scholars, and a final closing address by Gilroy to respond to the essays. Invited presenters: are Anne Cheng (Princeton), Laura Chrisman (University of Washington), Simon Gikandi (Princeton), Susan Harewood (University of West Indies), Dennis Dworkin (University of Nevada, Reno), Joseph Jordan (UNC), Ranu Samantrai (Indiana) and Tanya Shields (UNC). Papers will be circulated in advance to conference participants. 
►    Conference Publication: UNC Press has expressed interest in publishing the conference essays along with Gilroy’s keynote and his response to the essays. UNC professors Jay Garcia and Rebecka Rutledge Fisher have agreed to edit this volume.

The IAH thanks the University Program in Cultural Studies, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, the Institute of African-American Research, and Duke University’s Franklin Humanities Institute for its support.