The Center for Black Literature
at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York
CALL FOR PAPERS
HONORING THE LIFE AND WORK OF
AUGUST WILSON
SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL BLACK WRITERS CONFERENCE
BIANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Founders Auditorium, Medgar Evers College
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson was a major contributor to the canon of American literature. From Jitney to Joe Turner’s Come and Gone to Radio Golf, Wilson’s legacy consists of a cycle of 10 powerful plays that depict the African-American experience in the 20th century, each set in a different decade.
We invite proposals on one of the following areas:
(1) The impact of the historical and cultural themes in August Wilson’s works on the African-American experience.
(2) The literary parallels between the work of August Wilson and the work of Black writers in the Harlem Renaissance or the Black Arts Movement.
(3) The impact of the work of August Wilson on the American literary canon.
Interested faculty, independent researchers, and students should forward a one to two- page proposal with literature references by January 15, 2011 to: writers@mec.cuny.edu
Dr. Brenda M. Greene
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College
1650 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, New York 11225
718-804-8883
Notifications of acceptance will be sent to presenters by February 15, 2011.
The Center for Black Literature
Biannual Symposium
Honoring the Work and Life of Award-Winning Playwright
August Wilson
Panels & Presentations
Saturday, March 26, 2011
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Center for Black Literature
1650 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Phone: 718-804-8883
E-mail: writers@mec.cuny.edu
Web site: www.centerforblackliterature.org
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