St. John’s University History Department and Committee for
Latin American and Caribbean Studies present 1968 in the Global South Date
Friday, November 7, 2008 Time
10:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. Location
Council Hall, Queens campus Schedule
Continental Breakfast: 10:30 am Welcome: 11:15 a.m.
Michael Wolfe, History and Associate Dean, Graduate Division, St.
John’s College, St. John’s U Session I: “Race” 11:30 a.m.-12:45
p.m. Moderator: Lisa Outar, English, St. John’s University Panelists: Felix Germain, History, St. John’s University
“Mai ’68 en Noir” Makila Samia Meyers, Cinema Studies, NYU
“Brain over brawn: Tommie Smith, John Carlos and the media
coverage of the 1968 Olympics.” Cecile Ann Lawrence, Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture,
Binghamton U
“An Enemy of the People: The Rodney riots and the persistence of
the perception and reality of endemic violence in Jamaica.” Lunch: 1:00-2:15 p.m. Session II: “Asia” 2:30-3:30
p.m. Moderator: Nerina Rustomji, History, St. John’s University Panelists: Zachary Scarlett, History, Northeastern
University
“China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: 1968 and the
Global South” Samantha Christiansen, Department of History, Northeastern
University
“Beyond Liberation: Nationalism and Internationalism in Pakistan’s
1968” Keynote Address: 3:45-4:30 p.m. Introduction: Elaine Carey, St. John's University Speaker: Enrique Semo, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico Reception: 4:30-6:00 p.m. |