• Julia Flanders (Brown University Women Writers Project)
• Syd Bauman (Brown University Women Writers Project)

• Julia Flanders (Brown University Women Writers Project)
• Syd Bauman (Brown University Women Writers Project)

• Julia Flanders (Brown University Women Writers Project)
• Syd Bauman (Brown University Women Writers Project)

In this workshop, University of Maryland librarians will explore digital resources in African American/African Diaspora studies, using a web guide created for the conference. The workshop will seek to inform participants of the range of electronic resources available for identifying books, articles, non-print media, and web projects in the multidisciplinary area of African American/African Diaspora studies. The presenters will also highlight digital projects related to the following specific subjects, chosen for illustrative purposes: film studies, the Harlem Renaissance, slavery, and women writers of the African Diaspora. Through this collection of resources, participants will experience how scholars have made use of technology and multi-media to bring African American/African Diaspora studies alive in new and innovative ways. The workshop will include a hands-on component for self-directed research with the librarians available for questions and assistance.

• Presenters: Tim Hackman, Patricia Herron, Carleton Jackson, Eric Lindquist
• Enrollment cap: 60 participants (pre-registration required)

*Please note: The Second Life workshop is now fully subscribed.

Web 2.0 initiatives have taken the idea of social networking into the digital age with programs like MySpace, FaceBook, Blogs and streaming multimedia sites. This workshop will demonstrate how virtual environments can be used to study and experience the humanities in ways never before possible by exploring the evolving nature of computer-mediated social networking through Second Life and, more specifically, through the most recent iteration of Virtual Harlem project that includes Harlem's sister neighborhood during the Jazz Age, Montmartre in Paris. You will have an opportunity to not only experience the work in which Dr. Carter has been involved over the last several years but also learn how to develop the skills that you will need to create projects in Second Life.

• Presenter: Bryan Carter (University of Central Missouri, developer of Virtual Harlem)
• Enrollment cap: 15 participants (now fully subscribed)

• Alexander G. Weheliye (Northwestern University)
  Black Studies and the Digital Archive
• Jerome S. Handler (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities)
  The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record: Background, Problems, and Prospects
• Angel David Nieves (University of Maryland)
  Soweto '76
  
  
• Moderator: Mary Helen Washington (University of Maryland)

• Welcome: Melvin Bernstein, Vice President for Research, University of Maryland
• Introduction: Neil Fraistat, University of Maryland
  
  
• Abdul Alkalimat
  (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Introduction: Zita Nunes, University of Maryland

• Pamela Z

• Bryan Carter (University of Central Missouri)
  Virtual Harlem
• Howard Dodson (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library)
  Digital Perspectives on African American Studies from the Schomburg Center
• Merle Collins (University of Maryland)
  From Africa to the Caribbean: Approaching an Understanding and Appreciation of the Grenada Saraka
  
  
• Moderator: Herbert Brewer, Morgan State/University of Maryland

• Schroeder Cherry, (Counselor to the Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services-IMLS)
• D. Terence Langendoen (Linguistics Program, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, and Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation)
• Fred Winter (Senior Program Officer, Office of Challenge Grants, National Endowment for the Humanities-NEH)
• Christine O'Brien, Program Manager, Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
  
  
• Moderator: Neil Fraistat

• Kara Keeling (University of Southern California)
• Anna Everett (University of California, Santa Barbara)
• Bryan Carter (University of Central Missouri)
• Paul D. Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky)
• Abdul Alkalimat (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  
  
• Moderator: Martha Nell Smith (University of Maryland)

• Introduction: Matt Kirshenbaum
• Book Signing
• Light Refreshments

• Paul D. Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky)

Invited:

• Muniz Sodré (Biblioteca Nacional/ Brazil)
• Ndesanjo Macha (Digital Africa/Tanzania)
• Carolyn Hamilton, (Graduate School for the Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA)
• Chika Anyanwu (University of Adelaide, South Australia)