“Examining Race in the 21st Century”

NOVEMBER 11-13, 2010

The Monmouth University “Second Biennial Race Conference” will take place November 11-13 2010 on the campus of Monmouth University located in West Long Branch, New Jersey. This conference is international in scope and interdisciplinary in approach. Monmouth University has developed an increasing commitment to questions related to race in history, society, and culture from multiple disciplinary perspectives through our biennial conference on race.

Our first race conference (November 2008) included participants from three continents, a dozen nations, and fifteen U.S. states. The renowned biological anthropologist Dr. Alan Goodman served as our keynote speaker. This conference also included a talk by race scholar Dr. Rainier Spencer. There were more than one hundred presenters participating in this conference. Monmouth University’s biennial symposium on race serves as an important regional forum for discussions on the subject while attracting leading scholar’s in the field to our relatively small liberal arts institution. The November conference will include several notable scholars working on race and ethnicity across disciplines including the following:

Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley (Keynote)
Professor of History and American Studies
Associate Director, Center for Diversity and Democracy
Department of Ethnic Studies and History
University of Southern California (USC)
Los Angeles, California

Dr. Tera W. Hunter
Professor
Department of History
Center for African American Studies
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey

Dr. Paul Finkelman
Professor
President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy
Senior Fellow, Government Law Center
Albany Law School
Albany, New York

Dr. Isar P. Godreau
Researcher and Director
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
University of Puerto Rico, Cayey
Puerto Rico

Dr. Irene Silverblatt
Professor
Department of Cultural Anthropology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Rogers Smith
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Chair, Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism
Department of Political Science
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The acclaimed Hammerheaded Jazz Quartet will also perform a tribute to Thelonious Monk.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Hettie V. Williams, Lecturer, African American History, Department of History and Anthropology, hwilliam@monmouth.edu