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From: Nancy Tolson <ananse.nancy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:33:31 -0400
A Is For Anansi: Literature for Children of African Descent Institute of African American Affairs ЎV New York University October 8-9th 2010 Location for all programs: Kimmel Center-NYU, 60 Washington Square South Rm. 914-Silver
A Is For Anansi will cover the history, criticism and theory of contemporar y books for and about children of African descent, as told by its most influential critics, scholars, teachers and producers. The need for more in-depth analysis and for more information, critical evaluation, and publications on this topic still remain. The conference will look at these and consider other questions and issues as well.
Schedule:
Friday, October 8th, 2010 ЎV Opening Reception
6:00 - 6:30 pm Ўґ Opening KEYNOTE Andrea Davis PinkneyЎXVice President, Executive Editor, Scholastic
Ўґ A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LITERATURE Nancy D. TolsonЎXAssociate Professor, Early Childhood Education Department, Mitchell College
6:30-8:00 pm Ўґ History/Significance/Meaning of Writing/Publishing/Selling Literature fo r and about Children of African Descent (importance of bookstores; going beyond the obvious that itЎ¦s good for other people to learn about other people)
Moderator: Arnold AdoffЎXPoet and Anthologist, Roots and Blues: A Celebrati on
Cheryl Willis HudsonЎXVice President & Editorial Director, Just Us Books; Author, My Friend Maya Loves to Dance
Regina BrooksЎXFounder and President of Serendipity Literary Agency
Kathleen T. HorningЎX Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joe MontiЎXAgent, Barry Goldblatt Literary; former children's fiction buyer at Barnes & Noble
Hannah EhrlichЎX Marketing & Publicity Associate, Lee & Low Books
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
9:00 -9:30 am Breakfast and Welcome
9:30 ЎV 11:00 am
Ўґ Issues of Identity & Representation (historical overview, phenotype-illustrating the books, role of language, look beyond books: cinema, advertisement, TV)
Moderator: Zetta ElliottЎXAuthor, Bird, A Wish AfterMidnight
George FordЎXIllustrator, The Story Of Ruby Bridges, Ray Charles
Nicole TadgellЎXIllustrator, Lucky Beans, No Mush Today Myisha PriestЎXAssistant Professor, Gallatin, New York University
Khafilah McCurdyЎXEditor, The Journal of African American ChildrenЎ¦s Literature
Nnedi Okorafor ЎXAuthor, The Shadow Speaker, Zahrah the Windseeker
11:00 ЎV 12:30 pm
Ўґ Let the Children Speak (roundtable of kids discussing childrenЎ¦s books, Ў§books that have had a profound effect on me and whyЎЁ video games vs. reading, why donЎ¦t I read, use of social media like Twitter, Facebook, blogs, video blogs and more, audience can include children, parents, teachers)
Moderator: Clairesa ClayЎXTeacher/Filmmaker
Respondent: Councilman Ras Baraka ЎX Councilmember from South Ward, Newark, NJ and former high school principal
12:30 ЎV 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 ЎV 3:00 pm
Ўґ Critiquing & Evaluating the Books/Content (stereotypes, censorship, violence, raw images in picture books, depictions of the black family, political correctness in writing for children in terms of its ability to stimulate imagination as well as enhance cognitive and cultural development )
Moderator: Laura Atkins ЎXLecturer, National Centre for Research in ChildrenЎ¦s Literature in London, England
Wanda M. BrooksЎXAssociate Professor of Literacy Education in the College o f Education, Temple University
Andrew P. Jackson ЎXExecutive Director, Queens LibraryЎ¦s Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center
John SellersЎXChildrenЎ¦s Reviews Editor, Publishers Weekly
Respondent: Summer EdwardЎXFounder and Managing Editor of Anansesem-Caribbe an childrenЎ¦s literature ezine.
3:00 ЎV 4:30 pm
Ўґ Literacy & Education for/of the Black Male
Katie SciurbaЎXLecturer, University of San Diego
Fabienne DoucetЎX Fabienne DoucetNew York UniversitySteinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human DevelopmentAssistant Professor of Education, New York University
C. Jama AdamsЎXChairperson and Associate Professor, Department of African American Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)
4:30 ЎV 5:00 pm
Closure/Round Up/Survey
5:00 pm
RECEPTION w/PERFORMANCE Ўґ Tribute to Virginia Hamilton, Tom Feelings, and Leo and Diane Dillon
Moderator: Esther Cooper JacksonЎXEditor, Freedomways Reader and Social Activist
Arnold AdoffЎXPoet and Anthologist, Roots and Blues: A Celebration
Leo and Diane DillonЎXIllustrators, Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears
Kamili FeelingsЎXWriter/Teacher
Michael Patrick HearnЎXAuthor, Myth, Magic, and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children's Book Illustration
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
11:00 a.m. Ўґ OrganizerЎ¦s Brunch for Participants Only (Optional) (location to come)
Received on Mon 04 Oct 2010 03:33:31 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:33:31 -0400
A Is For Anansi: Literature for Children of African Descent Institute of African American Affairs ЎV New York University October 8-9th 2010 Location for all programs: Kimmel Center-NYU, 60 Washington Square South Rm. 914-Silver
A Is For Anansi will cover the history, criticism and theory of contemporar y books for and about children of African descent, as told by its most influential critics, scholars, teachers and producers. The need for more in-depth analysis and for more information, critical evaluation, and publications on this topic still remain. The conference will look at these and consider other questions and issues as well.
Schedule:
Friday, October 8th, 2010 ЎV Opening Reception
6:00 - 6:30 pm Ўґ Opening KEYNOTE Andrea Davis PinkneyЎXVice President, Executive Editor, Scholastic
Ўґ A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LITERATURE Nancy D. TolsonЎXAssociate Professor, Early Childhood Education Department, Mitchell College
6:30-8:00 pm Ўґ History/Significance/Meaning of Writing/Publishing/Selling Literature fo r and about Children of African Descent (importance of bookstores; going beyond the obvious that itЎ¦s good for other people to learn about other people)
Moderator: Arnold AdoffЎXPoet and Anthologist, Roots and Blues: A Celebrati on
Cheryl Willis HudsonЎXVice President & Editorial Director, Just Us Books; Author, My Friend Maya Loves to Dance
Regina BrooksЎXFounder and President of Serendipity Literary Agency
Kathleen T. HorningЎX Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joe MontiЎXAgent, Barry Goldblatt Literary; former children's fiction buyer at Barnes & Noble
Hannah EhrlichЎX Marketing & Publicity Associate, Lee & Low Books
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
9:00 -9:30 am Breakfast and Welcome
9:30 ЎV 11:00 am
Ўґ Issues of Identity & Representation (historical overview, phenotype-illustrating the books, role of language, look beyond books: cinema, advertisement, TV)
Moderator: Zetta ElliottЎXAuthor, Bird, A Wish AfterMidnight
George FordЎXIllustrator, The Story Of Ruby Bridges, Ray Charles
Nicole TadgellЎXIllustrator, Lucky Beans, No Mush Today Myisha PriestЎXAssistant Professor, Gallatin, New York University
Khafilah McCurdyЎXEditor, The Journal of African American ChildrenЎ¦s Literature
Nnedi Okorafor ЎXAuthor, The Shadow Speaker, Zahrah the Windseeker
11:00 ЎV 12:30 pm
Ўґ Let the Children Speak (roundtable of kids discussing childrenЎ¦s books, Ў§books that have had a profound effect on me and whyЎЁ video games vs. reading, why donЎ¦t I read, use of social media like Twitter, Facebook, blogs, video blogs and more, audience can include children, parents, teachers)
Moderator: Clairesa ClayЎXTeacher/Filmmaker
Respondent: Councilman Ras Baraka ЎX Councilmember from South Ward, Newark, NJ and former high school principal
12:30 ЎV 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 ЎV 3:00 pm
Ўґ Critiquing & Evaluating the Books/Content (stereotypes, censorship, violence, raw images in picture books, depictions of the black family, political correctness in writing for children in terms of its ability to stimulate imagination as well as enhance cognitive and cultural development )
Moderator: Laura Atkins ЎXLecturer, National Centre for Research in ChildrenЎ¦s Literature in London, England
Wanda M. BrooksЎXAssociate Professor of Literacy Education in the College o f Education, Temple University
Andrew P. Jackson ЎXExecutive Director, Queens LibraryЎ¦s Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center
John SellersЎXChildrenЎ¦s Reviews Editor, Publishers Weekly
Respondent: Summer EdwardЎXFounder and Managing Editor of Anansesem-Caribbe an childrenЎ¦s literature ezine.
3:00 ЎV 4:30 pm
Ўґ Literacy & Education for/of the Black Male
Katie SciurbaЎXLecturer, University of San Diego
Fabienne DoucetЎX Fabienne DoucetNew York UniversitySteinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human DevelopmentAssistant Professor of Education, New York University
C. Jama AdamsЎXChairperson and Associate Professor, Department of African American Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)
4:30 ЎV 5:00 pm
Closure/Round Up/Survey
5:00 pm
RECEPTION w/PERFORMANCE Ўґ Tribute to Virginia Hamilton, Tom Feelings, and Leo and Diane Dillon
Moderator: Esther Cooper JacksonЎXEditor, Freedomways Reader and Social Activist
Arnold AdoffЎXPoet and Anthologist, Roots and Blues: A Celebration
Leo and Diane DillonЎXIllustrators, Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears
Kamili FeelingsЎXWriter/Teacher
Michael Patrick HearnЎXAuthor, Myth, Magic, and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children's Book Illustration
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
11:00 a.m. Ўґ OrganizerЎ¦s Brunch for Participants Only (Optional) (location to come)
Received on Mon 04 Oct 2010 03:33:31 PM CDT
