International Conference on the Black Arts Movement in the United States and Algeria November 18-19, 2019
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Session Six: 11.10-12.10 (Room 35) Emily Jane O’Dell (Yale Law School-Yale University- People’s Democratic Republic of USA), Associate Professor at Sichuan University- Algeria Frantz Fanon: Algeria’s Adoptive Son Pittsburgh Institute Excavating Memories of the 1969 Pan-African Festival: Ministry of Higher Education and Moderator: Nadjiba Bouallegue (University of 08 Mai The Impact of Algeria on Theatre Artists§Writers Scientific Research 1945 -Guelma-Algeria) Mohammed Senoussi (University of M’sila-Algeria), Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University Stéphanie Melyon-Reinette (Pointe-à-Pitre-Réunion) Displacement, Identity and the Syndrome of Hybridity in - Mostaganem Faculty of Foreign Languages Algiers, 1969, The Poetic Mecca: Amiri Baraka, Frantz Chimamanda gozi Adichie’s The Thing Around Your Neck Fanon, Sonny Rupaire& The Revolutionary Culture Hana Bougherira, (University of Skikda-Algeria), Department of English Mira Hafsi (Mohamed Lamine Debaghine University- From “Flaneur” to a “Stalker”: Reconstructing Identity Sétif-Algeria), Frantz Fanon and the Black Arts in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child Movement: Some Reflections through Drama Discussion: 12.10-12.20 Oussama Mahboub (University of Sousse-Tunisia), The 1960's Legacy of Black Acculturation between Adoption 12.20-1.20: Lunch and Resistance: Liberal vs. Conservative Moral 1.20-2: Discussion and Prospects (Amphi G) Implications in a Comparative Perspective 2-2.30: Closing Ceremony Discussion: 12-12.20 2.30: Sightseeing International Conference Session Seven: 11.10-12-10 (Room 33) On African-Americans and the Race Question “The fact that I had never seen the Algerian The Black Arts Movement Moderator: Michael A. Antonucci, (Keene State College- Casbah was of no more relevance before this Keene-New Hampshire) unanswerable panorama than the fact that the Mohamed Ben Ali Chaker (University of Skikda- in the United States Algeria) Algerians had never seen Harlem. The Algerian and Algeria African Americans in John Steinbeck’s World and I were both, alike, victims of this history, and Nadia Abdelhadi (University Abd el Hamid Ibn Badis- Mostaganem-Algeria) Does Race Still Matter? Racial I was still a part of Africa, even though I had been November 18-19, 2019 Choice and the Changing Significance of the Passing carried out of it nearly four hundred years Paradigm in D. Senna’s from Caucasia with Love ― Elizabeth Bishop (Texas State University-Texas- before.” James Baldwin USA),"Paris, New York, and 'The Meaning of Wealth'" Conference Organizer Discussion: 12.10-12.20 Abdeldjalil LarbiYoucef “America is as much a black country as a white Abd el Hamid Ibn Badis University Session Eight: 11.10-12.10 (Room 37) one. The destinies and the lives of the white Restoring Identity American are bound up inextricably with those Honorary Chairman of the black American.” ―Amiri Baraka Prof. Mustapha Belhakem Moderator:Zineb Kahina Ghediri (Mohamed Lamine President of Debaghine–Setif 2 University-Setif-Algeria) Abd el Hamid Ibn Badis University Hichem Souhali (Batna 2 University-Batna-Algeria), Souraya Bouzidi (Khenchela University-Khenchela- Vice-Chairman Algeria), Moderators upon availability Dr. Houari Bellatreche James Baldwin the Native Informant: The Art of Self- Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages Questioning Abd el Hamid Ibn Badis University CONFERENCE PROGRAM Session Two: 11.40-12.40 (Amphi E) Session Four :2-3(Room 33) Algiers and the Black Arts Movement Black Aesthetics: Some Illustrations DAY ONE: November 18th 08.30-09: Registration Moderator: Abbes Bahous (University Abd el Hamid Ibn Moderator:Elizabeth Bishop (Texas State University- 9.00-9.30: Welcome Badis-Mostaganem-Algeria) Texas-USA) - Mr. Mustapha Belhakem, President of the Stéphanie Melyon-Reinette (Pointe-à-Pitre-Reunion) Yasmina Djafri (University Abd el Hamid Ibn Badis- University of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis (Algiers My Love) / Of the Romanticism of the Freedom Mostaganem-Algeria), On Resisting the "Amnesia of - Mr. Houari Belatreche, Dean of the Faculty of Fighters History": A Reading of Octavia E. Foreign Languages Nadjiba Bouallegue (University of 08 Mai 1945- Butller's Kindred (1979) and Assia Djebar's La Femme - Mr. Abdeldjalil Larbi Youcef, Conference Guelma-Algeria) sans Sépulture(2002) Organizer Black Arts Movement: Spirituality as a Source of Power Michael A. Antonucci, (Keene State College, Keene- and Beauty New Hampshire-USA), Coffee Break: 09.30-10 Zineb Kahina Ghediri (Mohamed LamineDebaghine– “An End to the Ending: The Black Arts Movement and its 10–10.30:Keynote: (Amphi E): Setif 2 University-Setif-Algeria) Descendants” Black Writing as an Artistic Celebration of Feminism Wafa Kada (University of AboubekrBelkaid-Tlemcen- Emily Jane O’Dell (Yale Law School-Yale University- Algeria) USA), Associate Professor at Sichuan University- Discussion: 12. 40-12.50 Portrayal of the Black Consciousness in the Africobra Art Pittsburgh Institute Discussion: 03-3.10 Lunch: 12.50-2 “Revolutionary Pasts§ Decolonizing Futures: DAY TWO : November 19th Resistance, Solidarity, § Anti –Racism in Algeria and Beyond” Session Three: 2-3 (Room 35) 09-09. 30: Keynote: (Amphi A) Michael A. Antonucci, (Keene State College, Keene, Session One: 10.30-11.30 (Amphi E) Black American Literature and Afrofuturism: New Hampshire-USA) Which Influences? Which Impact? “Black Fire through Time: Context and Consequence The Pursuit of Freedom and the Black Panthers’ Role of the Black Arts Movement” Moderator:Matthias Mushinski (Concordia University- Moderator: Mohamed Ben Ali Chaker (University of Montréal-Canada) 9.30-10: Coffee Break Skikda, Algeria) Session Five: 10-11 (Amphi A) Kay Dickinson (Concordia University-Montreal- Blackness and Resistance Hanaà Berrezoug (University of Dr. MoulayTahar- Canada) Moderator: Kay Dickinson (Concordia University- Saida-Algeria) Building a Cinematic Third Worldism Montreal- Canada), Hijacking Freedom from Oakland to Algiers: The Black Ouarda Larbi Youcef (University Abd el Hamid Ibn Panthers’ Exile in Algiers badis-Mostaganem-Algeria) Dallel Sarnou (University Abd el Hamid Ibn Badis- Sid Ahmed Ziane (Essex University-England) Afrofuturism: Which Future? To What Extent? Mostaganem-Algeria), On being black in Algeria: the Re-conceptualizing the Black Panther Party Abdelhadi Essalami (University of Aboubakr Belkaid- untold story of racism in this North African country Understanding the Contribution of the Black Panther Tlemcen-Algeria), Oualid Ali Bouacha (University of Djamila Aissat (University Abd el Hamid Ibn Badis- Party to the African American Community, 1968-1975 Amar Telidji-Laghouat-Algeria) Mostaganem-Algeria),“Understanding Double Selma Bekkai (Abou Bakr Belkaid University- Transcending“Black” Afrofuturism: Towards Consciousness in the Perspective of the Blacks’ Fight Tlemcen-Algeria) Inspiring the Algerian Science-Fiction Scene against Racism and the Algerian Revolution” Saliha Benkechida (Abou Bakr Belkaid University- Tlemcen-Algeria) Matthias Mushinski (Concordia University- Discussion: 3-3.10 Nous, Noirs Américains évadés du ghetto: The Fleury- Montréal-Canada), “Music of Decolonization: The four Hijacking Hope Art Ensemble of Chicago and Black Artists Group in Discussion: 11.30-11.40 Paris” Discussion: 11-11.10 .