Black Knowledges, Black Struggles, Civil Rights

From Black to Schwarz The Eighth Biennial Conference of the Collegium of African American Research (CAAR) in Bremen, Germany, March 25.-29., 2009 explores the global epistemological, political, literary, and cultural impact of the many forms of African American diasporic knowledges and struggles and their enduring transnational manifestations. http://www.caar2009.eu/ Mayor contributions will be published in the series FORECAAST. Recent and forthcoming titles include: Maria I. Diedrich, Jürgen Heinrichs (Eds.), From Black to Schwarz - Cultural Crossovers between African America and Germany (3-643-10109-9); Isabel Soto Garcia, Violet M. Johnson (Eds.), Western Fictions, Black Realities - Meanings of Blackness and Modernities (3-643-10121-1); Simon Dickel, Black and Gay - Postmodern Negotiations (3-643-10125-9); Christopher M. Bell (Ed.), Blackness and Disability - Critical Examinations and Cultural Interventions. Loopholes and Retreats: African American Writers and the Nineteenth Century