ACLA 2013 - ACLA 2013 : Reformulations of Blackness in 21st-century France

This is a call for papers for the annual American Comparative Literature Conference which will be held in Toronto, Canada, April 4 - 7, 2013. .
This seminar entitled "Reformulations of Blackness in 21st-century France" welcomes papers that engages with:
? Blacks and Blackness in France
? Blacks in the media, in politics and in popular culture
? Definition(s) and reality of a Black community in France
? African Diaspora in France and in Europe
? Black Womanhood
? Citizenship and Bodies
Send your abstracts in English (150 words) to Mame-Fatou Niang : mniang-AT-andrew.cmu.edu by November 15th, 2012.