Events
Haitian Creole: Language Production in All Domains of Haitian Life
Kreyòl: Lang pou pwodiksyon langay nan tout domèn lavi pèp Ayisyen
Haitian Creole Language & Culture Symposium 2022
Haitian Creole: Language Production in all Domains of Haitian Life
Kreyòl: Lang pou pwodiksyon langay nan tout domèn lavi pèp Ayisyen
In-person Events
- Friday, October 28, 2022, 5–9 p.m.
- Saturday, October 29, 2022, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Student Center, Brooklyn College
2705 Campus Road
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Flyers
Speakers
- Serge Madhere, Ph.D.
- Marie Lily Cerat, Ph.D.
- Rozevel Jean-Baptiste, Ph.D.
- Lise-Marie Dejean, M.D.
- Jerry Gilles, M.D.
- And others…
Bring your COVID vaccination card or COVID test result less than 7 days old. We are looking forward to seeing you!
Virtual Cultural Event
Music, Poetry & Dance
- Sunday, October 30, 2022, 5 p.m. EST
Performers
- Buyu Ambroise Blues In Red & Clints Pavelus
- Michele Voltaire Marcelin
- Jessica St Vil-Ulysse
Sponsors: CUNY Haitian Studies Institute, Africana Studies Dept., Modern Languages & Literatures Dept., Program in Linguistics @ Brooklyn College; Espas Kreyol, HAFECE, Molloy College Communication Sciences & Disorders Dept., NYS Statewide Language RBERN @ NYU, SHR Perspectives Haitiennes.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines: The Man Who Defeated Napoleon Bonaparte
Jean-Jacques Dessalines: The Man Who Defeated Napoleon Bonaparte
A Documentary of Arnold Antonin
Sunday, August 14, 2022
5–7:45 p.m.
In-Person Event
The Don Buchwald Theater
Leonard and Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts
Brooklyn College
2920 Campus Road (Hillel Place and Campus Road)
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Free Screening and Grand Premiere
The documentary screening will be followed with the post-screening conversation with:
- Arnold Antonin, Cinematographer
- Prof. Pierre Buteau
- Dr. Nathalie Frédéric Pierre
- Dr. Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
- Dr. Frantz-Antoine Leconte
The event is sponsored by CUNY Haitian Studies Institute Co-sponsors: Haiti Cultural Exchange, The Haitian Times, Little Haiti BK, Toussaint Louverture Cultural Foundation.
Relighting the Crossroads: Historical and Cultural Encounters Between Haitians and African Americans
Relighting the Crossroads: Historical and Cultural Encounters Between Haitians and African Americans
A Virtual Conference
Friday, May 20-Sunday, May 22, 2022
RSVP via Zoom
Sponsors
CUNY Haitian Studies Institute (HSI); Africana Studies Department, Brooklyn College, CUNY; The Haitian Times; Haiti Cultural Exchange
More Information
Contact us at: HSI22conf@brooklyn.cuny.edu.
Jacques Stéphen Alexis at 100: The Novelist as Revolutionary
Jacques Stéphen Alexis at 100: The Novelist as Revolutionary
Friday, April 22, 2022
3-5 p.m. EST
Register via Zoom
Jacques Stéphen Alexis (1922-1961), arguably the most notable writer of Haiti’s post-indigéniste literary period, would have turned one hundred this April. To commemorate the centenary of this iconic Haitian literary and political figure, the CUNY Haitian Studies Institute will hold a virtual symposium on his life and work. A distinguished panel of Alexis scholars and literary critics will examine and reflect on Alexis’s dual legacy as an innovative novelist and a Marxist revolutionary.
Guest Speakers
- Asselin Charles, Ph.D., Independent Scholar, Literary Critic and Translator
- Jasmine Claude Narcisse, Ph.D., Independent Scholar, Literary Critic and Translator
- Marie-José Nzengou Tayo, Ph.D., Independent Scholar, Retired Associate Professor at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
- Claudy Delne, Ph.D., Independent Scholar and Literary Critic
Jèn Ti Fi: Haitian Girlhood in a Global Frame
Jèn Ti Fi: Haitian Girlhood in a Global Frame
An International Women's Day Virtual Conference on Haitian Womanhood
with Dr. Régine Michelle Jean-Charles
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
6-7:30 p.m.
Register via Zoom
Dr. Régine Michelle Jean-Charles will discuss how Haitian Girls are represented in film, photography, and fiction. The visual and literary texts analyzed offer stories of Haitian girlhood that center their experiences, amplify their voices, and complicate their subjectivities. Her presentation will examine how Haitian girls are invisibilized, while simultaneously focusing on what and how Haitian girls see for themselves.
Régine Michelle Jean-Charles received her Ph.D. from Harvard University. She is currently the Director of Africana Studies, Dean's Professor of Culture and Social Justice, and Professor of Africana Studies and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Northeastern University.
