32nd Annual Conference
ATLANTA, GA
March 19-22, 2008
Please join us as we celebrate our 32nd annual conference March 19-22, 2008 in Atlanta, GA. The local arrangment committee will be working hard to make it a successful conference.
Please see Call for Papers details below. |
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NCBS Community Education and Engagement Grant Recipients
We would like to recognize the grant recipients who presented at the 2007 NCBS conference. These recipients were awarded a grant from NCBS in support of their community projects. Our grant program is funded by the National Black United Federation of Charities (NBUF-C)
Black Film Festival
Patricia Reid-Merritt
Richard Stockton College
Lifeline Prison Project
Akinyele O. Umoja
Georgia State University
Alternative Spring Break
South Africa: Diamonds
in the Rough
Shirley Weber
San Diego State University
Race, Roots and
Resistance:
Revisiting the Legacies of
Black Power Conference
William Paterson
University of Illinois,
Urbana Champaign
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CALL FOR ARTICLES
The Voice of Black Studies
The Voice of Black Studies is looking for article submissions for our upcoming editions. These articles (500-1000 words) can be on topics that approach the discipline of Africana Studies from a broad range of perspectives. If you are interested in submitting an article please click here for more information. |
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Official journals of NCBS. Please click the links below for more information.
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Greetings!
On behalf of the National Council for Black Stuides we are pleased to provide you with the second edition of our electronic newsleltter. We look forward to continue serving you. |
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Greetings from the President 
Greetings,
Last month in San Diego we enjoyed one of our largest meetings in recent years. The proceedings of the 31st annual NCBS conference included 86 panels, two film presentations, and plenary sessions on the impact of the Katrina disaster as well as the academic achievement of African-American students. Another special feature of this year's conference was NCBS' collaboration with the Association of Black Educators.
I wish to congratulate the winners of the annual undergraduate and graduate Ella Baker/W.E.B. DuBois Student Essay Contest:
Vassel "Sundiata" Spencer
Georgia State University
(1st place, undergraduate)
Heru Setepenra Haq-m-Ta
Howard University
(2nd place, undergraduate)
Tatiana N. Lima
Georgia State University
(3rd place, undergraduate)
Oliver Rollins
University of Louisville
Kennedy Waliaula
Ohio State University
(2nd place, graduate)
Elise Delacruz
University of Louisville
(3rd place, graduate)
In closing, I wish to thank Dr. Shirley Weber and the members of the local arrangements committee, as well as the conference conveners, Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and Dr. Alfred Young, Georgia Southern University, for their hard work and commitment to ensuring the success of this year's conference. Finally, I wish to extend my gratitude to NCBS Executive Director Summer Melay for her outstanding service to the organization.
We hope you join us for next year's 32nd annual conference to be held in Atlanta, March 19-22, 2008.
It is indeed an honor and privilege to serve as president of an organization committed to promoting the discipline of Africana Studies.
Charles E. Jones
NCBS, President, 2006-2008 |
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2007 AWARD RECIPIENTS  Congratulations to our 2007 award recipients. These individuals were selected for their committment and contributions to the field of Africana Studies. The awards were presented at the 2007 conference banquet.
Ida B. Wells &
Cheikh Anta Diop Award
For outstanding scholarship and
leadership in Africana Studies
Barbara Wheeler, Kent State University
Paul Robeson & Zora Neale Hurston
Celebrated Elder Award
For outstanding leadership and service in the promotion of African Humanity Perry Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Fannie Lou Hamer &
Kwame Nkrumah Award
For outstanidn leadership and service in the African World
William Little, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Anna Julia Cooper & CLR James Award
For outstanding promotioon of scholarly publications in Africana Studies
Ama Mazama, Temple University
Mary McLeod Bethune &
Carter G. Woodson Award
For outstanding service in the promotion of Africana Studies
Ronald Stephens, Metropolitan State University, Denver
Sankore Institutional Award
For outstanding institutional achievement in Africana Studies
San Diego State University
Department of Africana Studies
Presidential Award
For exemplary service and outstanding contributions to the field of Africana and Black Studies
Shirley N. Weber, San Diego State University |
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Call for Papers
NCBS is now accepting abstracts for papers, films and panels that explore the African World experience from an interdisciplinary global perspective. Of particulary interest are those presentations that approach the discipline of Africana Studies using a multi-layered framework that incorporates various combinations of class, race, gender or womanist, Afro-Centric, cross-cultural, multi-cultural, postmodernist, postcolonial, comparative and diasporic perspectives.
Submission Deadline is October 19, 2007
Submission Guidelines |
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On behalf of the NCBS we appreciate your support. I hope you enjoyed this edition of our newsletter. If you have any comments or suggestions you would like to make on behalf of our newsletter please feel free to give us your feedback. |
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Sincerely,
SUMMER MELAY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BLACK STUDIES |
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International Journal for Africana Studies (IJAS)
