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The Ninth National Black Writers Conference
For CUNY faculty and staff interested in "emerging themes, trends
and issues in black literature," the Ninth National Black Writers
Conference titled "Black Writers: Reading and Writing to Transform
Their Lives and the World," will take place Friday, March 28, 2008
through Sunday, March 30, 2008. Hailed by bestselling author Walter
Mosley as "the most significant gathering of black writers in the
country," the event includes conversations, readings, workshops and
panels such as "Historical Representations of Resistance and
Transformation in Black Literature." This year's roster includes a
stellar array of authors and scholars such as Cornel West, Randall
Robinson, Amiri Baraka and Susan L. Taylor, amongst others. CUNY
faculty/staff receive a special discount registration rate: $30 for
full three-day and $15 for one-day admission. The conference,
hosted biennially by the Center for Black Literature, will be held
at Medgar Evers College, CUNY. For further information, please call
718 270-4811, email nbwc@mec.cuny.edu or visit
www.mec.cuny.edu/nbwc.
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Leon Levy Center for Biography Established at Graduate Center
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York announces the creation of the Leon Levy Center for Biography, whose mission is to bring fresh voices and innovative approaches to the highly popular genre of biography. Envisioned as a hub for writers, scholars, students and readers of the genre, the Leon Levy Center for Biography will begin scholarly and public programs in the academic year starting September 2008. The Center seeks to build connections between university-affiliated and independent biographers working in print, film, visual arts, and new media and across academic disciplines.
Funded with a generous gift from the Leon Levy Foundation, the Center will be guided by acclaimed biographers and CUNY faculty members Professors Nancy Milford and David Nasaw, Executive Director and Faculty Co-Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography, respectively.
Shelby White, founding trustee of the Leon Levy Foundation, said, “My husband and I always had a strong interest in history and biography. We spent many hours discussing with Nancy Milford, a longtime friend, the importance of biography and the way it integrated so many fields of study. I am thrilled, and Leon would have been too, that this groundbreaking Center for Biography has been named in his honor. I am particularly pleased that two such outstanding scholars as Nancy and David Nasaw have been chosen to lead this program.”
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