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[BGHRA 2012](http://bghra.org/bghra-2012/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(0,8,135,0.39)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(41,196,169,0)” background_color_gradient_direction=”112deg” background_color_gradient_start_position=”59%” background_color_gradient_end_position=”26%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMAGE-0001.jpg” custom_padding=”9vw||9vw||true|false” background_last_edited=”on|phone” background_color_gradient_end_tablet=”rgba(28,54,86,0.84)” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ custom_padding=”39px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.4″ text_text_color=”#486066″ header_font=”|800||on|||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font_size=”46px” custom_margin=”||15px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||0px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”32px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”] BGHRA 2012 [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.29.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.29.2″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”71px||30px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ _module_preset=”default” - [BGHRA 2011](http://bghra.org/bghra-2011/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(0,8,135,0.39)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(41,196,169,0)” background_color_gradient_direction=”112deg” background_color_gradient_start_position=”59%” background_color_gradient_end_position=”26%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMAGE-0001.jpg” custom_padding=”9vw||9vw||true|false” background_last_edited=”on|phone” background_color_gradient_end_tablet=”rgba(28,54,86,0.84)” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ custom_padding=”39px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.4″ text_text_color=”#486066″ header_font=”|800||on|||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font_size=”46px” custom_margin=”||15px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||0px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”32px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] BGHRA 2011 [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.29.2″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.29.2″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”71px||30px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” - 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[Non-Descrimination Policy](http://bghra.org/non-descrimination-policy/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(0,8,135,0.39)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(41,196,169,0)” background_color_gradient_direction=”112deg” background_color_gradient_start_position=”59%” background_color_gradient_end_position=”26%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMAGE-0001.jpg” custom_padding=”5vw||5vw||true|false” background_last_edited=”on|phone” background_color_gradient_end_tablet=”rgba(28,54,86,0.84)” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ custom_padding=”39px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.13.1″ text_text_color=”#486066″ header_font=”|800||on|||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font_size=”46px” custom_margin=”||15px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||0px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”32px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.29.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ - [Terms](http://bghra.org/terms/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(0,8,135,0.39)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(41,196,169,0)” background_color_gradient_direction=”112deg” background_color_gradient_start_position=”59%” background_color_gradient_end_position=”26%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMAGE-0001.jpg” custom_padding=”9vw||9vw||true|false” background_last_edited=”on|phone” background_color_gradient_end_tablet=”rgba(28,54,86,0.84)” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ custom_padding=”39px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.13.1″ text_text_color=”#486066″ header_font=”|800||on|||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font_size=”46px” custom_margin=”||15px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||0px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”32px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]terms[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.29.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” - [Contacts](http://bghra.org/contacts/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(0,8,135,0.39)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(41,196,169,0)” background_color_gradient_direction=”112deg” background_color_gradient_start_position=”59%” background_color_gradient_end_position=”26%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMAGE-0001.jpg” custom_padding=”9vw||9vw||true|false” background_last_edited=”on|phone” background_color_gradient_end_tablet=”rgba(28,54,86,0.84)” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ custom_padding=”39px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.13.1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.13.1″ text_text_color=”#486066″ header_font=”|800||on|||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font_size=”46px” custom_margin=”||15px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||0px|-10px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”32px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] contact [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.29.2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Footer” _builder_version=”4.13.1″ background_enable_color=”off” background_color_gradient_start=”rgba(0,8,135,0.78)” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(7,154,233,0.65)” background_color_gradient_direction=”145deg” background_enable_image=”off” custom_padding=”75px||73px|||” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row - 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[Gallery 2018](http://bghra.org/gallery-2018/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_cta _builder_version=”3.6″ title=”BGHRA – UT Conference 2018 Photo Gallery” text_shadow_style=”preset2″ header_level=”h1″ header_font=”|800|||||||” /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.6″ global_module=”5483″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_gallery global_parent=”5483″ _builder_version=”3.6″ gallery_ids=”5445,5443,5442,5441,5440,5439,5438,5437,5436,5435,5434,5432,5431,5430,5429,5428,5426,5425,5424,5421,5423,5422,5420,5419,5418,5417,5416,5415,5414,5413,5560,5559,5558,5557,5556,5555,5554,5553,5552,5551,5550,5549,5548,5547,5545,5546″ posts_number=”34″ show_title_and_caption=”off” show_pagination=”off” zoom_icon_color=”#580619″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” gallery_orderby=”rand” fullwidth=”on” animation_style=”fade” auto=”on” box_shadow_style=”preset3″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.6″] Transnational Perspectives on Black Germany University of Toronto ~ May, 2018 Gallery courtesy of Oxana Chi & Layla Zami / - 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[Performance](http://bghra.org/performance/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ transparent_background=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.3.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”] DR. LAYLA ZAMI & OXANA CHI Dr. Layla Zami is an innovative academic and artist working with words, music, performance, and video. Born in Paris in 1985, Dr. Zami obtained a magna cum laude Doctorate in Transdisciplinary Gender - [Conference 2018 Presenters](http://bghra.org/conference-2018-presenters/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ transparent_background=”off”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”250px|||” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” background_position=”top_left”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”] Conference 2018 Presenters Ajayi, Folashade Boyd, Melba Brust, Imke Dorn, BethAnne Layne, Priscilla Michèle Newton Morrison-Reed, Mark Nakic, Andreas Phillips Casteel, Sarah Rohrbach, Philipp Taylor, Jessica - [Conference 2018 Sponsors](http://bghra.org/conference-2018-sponsors/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” width_unit=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off” _builder_version=”3.0.106″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] Thank You! The Conference Committee and the BGHRA are grateful for the support of the following: [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.106″ src=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/german.png” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” - [Philipp Rohrbach](http://bghra.org/philipp-rohrbach/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] Philipp Rohrbach Tabooed History: The Life Stories of Austrian Children of - 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[Silvia Wojczewski](http://bghra.org/silvia-wojczewski/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ transparent_background=”off”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”250px|||” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” background_position=”top_left”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”] Silvia Wojczewski Afro-german, Afro-pean-, Afro-politan –the relation between travel and the practice and narration of diasporic selves Born and raised in Frankfurt, Germany, Silvia is a research assistant - [Michele Newton](http://bghra.org/michele-newton/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] Michèle Newton My Better Together Journey Michèle Newton is a mother, spouse, amateur - [Priscilla Layne](http://bghra.org/priscilla-layne/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] Priscilla Layne The Stakes of Representation and Fantasy in Black German - [Sara Lennox](http://bghra.org/sara-lennox/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||” box_shadow_style=”preset3″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”] Sara Lennox Until her retirement in May 2012, Sara Lennox was Professor of German Studies - [Obenewaa Oduro-Opuni](http://bghra.org/obenewaa-oduro-opuni-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ transparent_background=”off”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”250px|||” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” background_position=”top_left”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”] Obenewaa Oduro-Opuni Transnational Advocacy: Abolitionist Theater in 18 th Century Germany Obenewaa Oduro-Opuni is a PhD candidate at Arizona State University in International Letters and Cultures. She - [Folashade Ajayi](http://bghra.org/folashade-ajayi/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] Folashade Ajayi Making Diversity Work and Fight–Black political organizingin Germany Folashade holds a - [Jamele Watkins](http://bghra.org/jamele-watkins-3/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ transparent_background=”off”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”250px|||” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” background_position=”top_left”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″][/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”] Jamele Watkins Afrolocken: Natural Hair in Germany Jamele Watkins is a Post-doctoral Fellow in German Studies at Stanford University. She has affiliations with the Center for Comparative - [Toronto Hotel Information](http://bghra.org/toronto-hotel-information/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.105″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” background_size=”initial” custom_padding=”250px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.105″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] Toronto Hotel Information All prices are approximate, in Canadian Dollars - [Rosemarie Peña](http://bghra.org/rosemarie-pena/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||” box_shadow_style=”preset3″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”] Rosemarie Peña Rosemarie Peña is a PhD. candidate and holds an MA in Childhood Studies - [Conference Organizers](http://bghra.org/conference-organizers/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||” box_shadow_style=”preset3″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”] Conference Organizers Fenner, Angelica Griffith, Karina Lennox, Sara Peña, Rosemarie [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] - [Karina Griffith](http://bghra.org/karina-griffith/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||” box_shadow_style=”preset3″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”] Karina Griffith Karina Griffith is a PhD student at the University of Toronto’s Cinema Studies Institute. Her - [Mark Morrison-Reed](http://bghra.org/mark-morrison-reed/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] Mark Morrison-Reed “I was simply a living wonder.” Reflection on my life in - [BethAnne Dorn](http://bghra.org/bethanne-dorn/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] BethAnne Dorn “Poor Otomo:” Frieder Schlaich’s Otomo and the Persistence of the Colonial - [Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor](http://bghra.org/jessica-lauren-elizabeth-taylor/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor Archiving as Resistance: Documenting Ancestral Narratives of the Diaspora - [Sarah Phillips Casteel](http://bghra.org/sarah-phillips-casteel/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] Sarah Phillips Casteel Broken Citizenship: Hans J. Massaquoi’s Survivor Memoir and Its Literary - [Melba Boyd](http://bghra.org/boyd/) - [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” width_unit=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_image=”http://bghra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bkg.jpg” custom_padding=”250px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ /][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] Melba Boyd From Black Detroit to Green Bremen: Turning on the Axis of - [At Second Glance](http://bghra.org/at-second-glance/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ transparent_background=”off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.105″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off”] SHERI HAGEN: AT SECOND GLANCE Sheri Hagen was born in Lagos, Nigeria and grew up in Hamburg, studied and graduated from the Stage School of Dance and Drama, as well as in the Studio Theater an der Wien. Besides - [Presenters](http://bghra.org/presenters/) - Presentations & Short Bios (International Black German Conference 2012 and 2013) SPEAKERS & PERFORMERS 2012 Carmen Geschke Daniel Kojo Schrade Gisella Thomas Jamele Watkins Kevina King Lara-Sophie Milagro Michelle R. Eley Noah Sow Peggy Piesche Sara Pugach Sonya Donaldson Vera Grant SPEAKERS & PERFORMERS 2013 Rosemarie Äikäs Eric Allina Sabine Broeck Maria Diedrich Cerue Diggs - [Noah Sow](http://bghra.org/noah-sow/) - Lost in Translation - Common North American Misconceptions about Black Germany Noah Sow is a German author, artist, media personality, musician, playwright, actress, scholar and human rights activist. In 2001 she initiated the founding of "der braune mob e.V.", Germany's first Black media watchdog association, whose goals she is actively committed to as chairperson. Her - [Homestory Deutschland at Howard University 2016](http://bghra.org/homestory-deutschland-at-howard-university-2016/) - Howard University is hosting a new exhibition that sheds light on the lives and stories of black people in Germany. The exhibition, titled Homestory Deutschland: Black Biographies in Historical and in Present Times, profiles black people from the past three centuries of German history, sharing both their struggles and success stories. Many individuals profiled in - [What is the Black German Experience?](http://bghra.org/videos-2012/) - Max Kade Foundation Keynote Lecture https://youtu.be/Dnxfp7Zimis ‘In their Best Interest…’ Afro-German Children in Postwar German Children’s Homes Featured Artists https://youtu.be/N-6xe8lCApY Olumide Popoola and Philipp Khabo Koepsell at the Goethe Institut-NYC Wyoming Building. Second BGHRA Convention: "What is the Black German Experience" SESSION III https://youtu.be/Lj8_lkjZzdo Carmen Geschke Kevina King Lara-Sophie Milagro (moderator) Tina Campt SESSION IV - [Carmen Geschke](http://bghra.org/carmen-geschke/) - Carmen Geschke is founder and President of Protec Enterprises LLC, a Greer SC based company founded in 2004. Protec Enterprises offers multiple production capabilities and performs all types of quality services, from delivery to inspection to rework, as well as Quality Management, internal and external. Additional services are Logistic and Warehousing. The Suppliers to BMW - [Sandrine Micossé-Aikins](http://bghra.org/sandrine-micosse-aikins/) - The painter and conceptual artist Sandrine Micossé-Aikins deals with questions concerning identity and belonging, exclusion and (self) empowerment. Starting from her experience as a Togolese-German artist, who studied and worked in Mauritius, among other places, she combines various art forms to question facets of identity, ascriptions and unequal power relations. In 2008/09 she co-curated and - [Sharon Dodua-Otoo](http://bghra.org/sharon-dodua-otoo/) - Sharon Dodua Otoo is a Black British mother, activist, actress, author and editor of the book series “Witnessed.” Her first novella “the things i am thinking while smiling politely” was published in February 2012 (edition assemblage). In all aspects of Sharon’s work, empowerment plays a key role. Following completion of her BA degree in German - [Jonathan Wipplinger](http://bghra.org/jonathan-wipplinger/) - "Biguine”: The African Diasporic Presence at Weimar’s End Jonathan Wipplinger is Assistant Professor of German at North Carolina State University and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan (2006). His research focuses on the culture of the Weimar Republic, with particular emphasis on the German reception of jazz music. He is currently completing the - [Lita Littles-Wimbley](http://bghra.org/lita-littles-wimbley/) - Leslie Littles and Else Lindenbeck Lita Littles Wimbley is a second year graduate student at University of Illinois at Chicago – Jane Addams College of Social Work. Returning to the college campus, after 25 years as a part owner with her late husband Charles Wimbley in a marketing and advertising business, has been the start - [Jamele Watkins](http://bghra.org/jamele-watkins-2/) - Waiting for Recognition: Investigating Race and Identity in Afro-German Theater Jamele Watkins is a Ph.D. candidate in the German and Scandinavian Studies Program at UMass Amherst. Her dissertation is tentatively titled: "Waiting for Recognition" and investigates race and identity in Afro-German theater. - [Gisella Thomas](http://bghra.org/gisella-thomas/) - Du Bist Wer Du Bist - You Are Who You Are Born and raised (second oldest of four) in Greifenberg (Bavaria), Gisella graduated from the Technical University in Munich Germany with a degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1968 she met her husband and came to USA where she attended USC with degree in Nursing. After - [Brett Van Hoesen](http://bghra.org/brett-van-hoesen/) - From Kladderadatsch’s “Rhein und Ruhr” (1924) to Ingrid Mwangi’s “Static Drift” (2001): Mapping the Visual Legacy of The Rhineland Controversy Brett M. Van Hoesen is Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Nevada, Reno. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and an MA from the University of - [Julia Roos](http://bghra.org/julia-roos/) - From Worms to Kentucky, via Jerusalem: The Three Diasporas of Erika M. Julia Roos is an associate professor in the department of history at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is the author of Weimar through the Lens of Gender: Prostitution Reform, Woman’s Emancipation, and German Democracy, 1919-1933 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2010). Her current - [Vanessa Plumly](http://bghra.org/vanessa-plumly/) - Afro-/Black Germans in Exilic Heimat Vanessa Plumly is a fourth year PhD candidate at the University of Cincinnati writing her dissertation on the topic of Post-Wende Afro-/Black German Cultural Productions and the discursive formation of nation, Heimat, and diaspora therein, as well as the performance thereof. She has served as Co-Editor of the German Studies - [Peggy Piesche](http://bghra.org/peggy-piesche-2/) - Audre Lorde and the Black Women's Movement in Germany Peggy Piesche teaches German Studies with an emphasis on Woman’s and Africana Studies at Hamilton College. Her recent publications include: Museum. Space. History. New Political Tectonics (Museum. Raum. Geschichte: Neue Orte politischer Tektonik.), 2011; Weißsein. Die Notwendigkeit Kritischer Weißseinsforschung (Whiteness. The Necessity for a Critical Whiteness - [Marion Kraft](http://bghra.org/marion-kraft/) - Challenges, Visions and Actions – Perspectives on the Black German Experience. of Frankfurt/M, received her doctorate from the University of Osnabrueck and taught English, Literature and Women’s Studies at the Oberstufenkolleg at the University of Bielefeld. She is the author of two books and numerous essays and has given lectures on racism, feminism, literature and - [Kevina King](http://bghra.org/kevina-king-2/) - Performativity in Interviews with Black German Activists Kevina King was born and raised in Berlin, Germany. She moved to the United States in 2002 at the age of 16. She is a PhD student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in the Fall. Recently, she has passed her M.A. exams with a focus on Black German - [Felicitas Jaima](http://bghra.org/felicitas-jaima/) - "Adopting Diaspora: Black American Military Women and Germany's 'Brown Babies' Felicitas Rütten Jaima received her Master’s degree in U.S. History from Seton Hall University. Currently a Ph.D. candidate at New York University, she has been studying the history of the African Diaspora under the supervision of Dr. Michael A. Gomez and Dr. Martin Klimke. Her - [Anna Hawthorne](http://bghra.org/anna-hawthorne/) - Never Give Up On Your Dreams: All Things Are Possible! Knowing only one half of my family history just did not do for me. I always longed to know my other half. Until one day a life long dream of mine became a reality. And that dream was meeting my biological Father, and life here - [Gundolf Graml](http://bghra.org/gundolf-graml/) - Teaching Afro-German History and Culture in College-Courses: A Report on Successes and Challenges Gundolf Graml received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and is Assistant Professor and Director of German Studies at Agnes Scott College, where he teaches courses on German and Austrian literature, culture, and film. He has published several articles on the - [Ela Gezen](http://bghra.org/ela-gezen/) - “Distant Connections”: May Ayim’s Blues Aesthetic Ela Gezen is an Assistant Professor of German at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She received her MA in Central Eurasian Studies (Turkish Studies) from Indiana University and her PhD in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the University of Michigan. Her research and teaching interests include 20th and 21st - [Michelle Eley](http://bghra.org/michelle-eley/) - Toxi Transposed? Branwen Okpako's Tal der Ahnungslosen Michelle René Eley is an Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures at North Carolina State University. Her current research focuses on race, gender and tactics of political resistance. Her dissertation "Schwarzsein, Weißsein, Deutschsein: Narrating Identity in German Film after 1950" considers filmic - [Sonya Donaldson](http://bghra.org/sonya-donaldson-2/) - Maternal Fantasies and Transnational Bodies: Reconstructing Afro-German Identity in the Diaspora Sonya Donaldson is assistant professor of World Literature at New Jersey City University. Her book project, Reunification and Its Discontents, examines Afro-German identity in the post-reunification era. Her research interests include twentieth- and twenty-first century African American and African Diasporic literature, with a focus - [Cerue Diggs](http://bghra.org/cerue-diggs/) - Between the Cracks: Consideration of Gender in the Accounts of Afro-German Experiences under Hitler. Cerue Diggs is an enthusiastic germanist and teacher. After a career in hospitality management, she obtained a Ph.D. in Germanic Studies in 2008 from the University of Maryland-College Park. There she was first exposed to the African Diaspora in Germany. Her - [Maria Diedrich](http://bghra.org/maria-diedrich/) - Fugitive Dreams: "We"-Formation among Black and White Hessians during the American Revolution Maria I. Diedrich holds a Chair in American Studies at the Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany. One of the founders of the Collegium for African American Research (CAAR), she served as Founding President from 1992-2001. Among her books are Cornelia James Cannon and the - [Sabine Broeck](http://bghra.org/sabine-broeck/) - Tracing Slavery in Bremen: Black Studies Beyond Empathic Ethnography Sabine Broeck teaches Black Studies at the University of Bremen. Her research critiques the coloniality and anti-blackness of transatlantic modernity as a social formation and culture of (post) - enslavement. She is President of the international scholarly organization Collegium for African American Research (CAAR), as well - [Eric Allina](http://bghra.org/eric-allina/) - Proud to be in the land of Marx and Engels’? African worker life in East Germany’s last decade Over the past 20 years, Eric Allina has lived and worked in Canada, Germany, southern Africa, Ukraine and the United States. He presently is associate professor of history at the University of Ottawa. His areas of expertise - [Rosemarie Äikäs](http://bghra.org/rosemarie-aikas/) - Avoin Kirja (Open Book) Rose Marie Äikäs is an Assistant Professor in the Social Science/Criminal Justice Department at CUNY/Queensborough Community College where she has been a faculty member since 2008. Ms. Äikäs completed her Ph.D. at Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice, her Masters Degree in Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, her Masters in Social - [Vera Grant](http://bghra.org/vera-grant/) - "Ruby Road" an except from _PaperGirl_. Vera Ingrid Grant is Executive Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University, where she personally directs both the Fellows Program and the Rudenstine Gallery. She is completing her Ph.D. dissertation in Modern European History on Transnational Race in - [Sonya Donaldson](http://bghra.org/sonya-donaldson/) - Reunification and Its Discontents: Race, Citizenship, and Nation in Brothers Keepers’s “Adriano/Letzte Warnung” Sonya Donaldson is a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Virginia, where she recently defended her dissertation, “(Ir)reconcilable Differences: The Search for Identity in Afro-German Autobiography.” She will be a Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Hampshire College, beginning - [Sara Pugach](http://bghra.org/sara-pugach/) - African Students and the Politics of Race and Gender in the German Democratic Republic, 1957-1990. Sara Pugach is assistant professor of history at California State University, Los Angeles. She is the author of Africa in Translation: A History of Colonial Linguistics in Germany and Beyond, 1814-1945, which was published by the University of Michigan Press - [Peggy Piesche](http://bghra.org/peggy-piesche/) - Peggy Piesche teaches German Studies with an emphasis on Woman’s and Africana Studies at Hamilton College. Her recent publications include: Museum. Space. History. New Political Tectonics (Museum. Raum. Geschichte: Neue Orte politischer Tektonik.), 2011; Weißsein. Die Notwendigkeit Kritischer Weißseinsforschung (Whiteness. The Necessity for a Critical Whiteness Studies), with Susan Arndt, 2011; Das Trauma der Schuld - [Michelle R. Eley](http://bghra.org/michelle_eley/) - Trappings and Parallels: Race Discourse in Paul Verhoeven's TV Movie Gottes Zweite Garnitur Michelle R. Eley is a German Lecturer at NC State University and a PhD candidate in German Studies at Duke University. In her dissertation Schwarzsein, Weißsein, Deutschsein: Narrating Identity in German Film after 1950, she explores German film’s participation in discourses on - [Lara-Sophie Milagro](http://bghra.org/lara-sophie-milagro/) - Homeland Bittersweet Homeland Born in Berlin / Germany. 1997-2000 trained as an actress at Goldsmith's College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and 2000-2008 as an opera singer at the University of Arts in Berlin. Since 2007 private student of the American Mezzo-Soprano Grace Bumbry in Salzburg. Lara-Sophie has worked with many - [Jamele Watkins](http://bghra.org/jamele-watkins/) - Performing Bruce Norris' 'Clybourne Park' in Germany Jamele Watkins is a PhD student at UMass Amherst. Her focus is Afro-German theater. She received her M.A. at UMass Amherst in German with a focus on German film, minority literature, and transnationalism. She has spent two academic years in at Universität Tübingen and Universität Freiburg. - [Daniel Kojo-Schrade](http://bghra.org/daniel-kojo-schrade/) - At the Crossroads - Painting and Performance Daniel Kojo Schrade, artist and associate professor of art at Hampshire College Amherst Massachusetts USA, studied in Germany and Spain. He received an M.F.A from the Academy of Fine Arts Munich. His paintings and installations have been presented internationally including the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo/Oaxaca-Mexico, Alliance Francais/Kumasi-Ghana, Haus - [Black Germans In Diaspora](http://bghra.org/videos-2013/) - Maisha Eggers, “Dominant Constructions of Black Children in the Two Germanies” https://youtu.be/DDcbU2HRO6s Moderator: Sara Lennox Panel Session I https://youtu.be/ivE4K1EG-xQ (moderator: Rosemarie Peña) Ruth Spencer, “Catching Up with My Life: An African American Uncovers Her Roots in Germany” Anna Hawthorne, "Never Give Up On Your Dreams: All Things Are Possible! Lita Wimbley, “Leslie Littles and Else - [Max Kade Keynote Speaker](http://bghra.org/max-kade-keynote-speaker/) - Our keynote speaker , Dr. Yara-Colette Lemke Muniz de Faria, historian, curator and archivist, currently working at the Photographic Collection of the German Historical Museum in Berlin. She is the author of Zwischen Fürsorge und Ausgrenzung. Afrodeutsche "Besatzungskinder" in Nachkriegsdeutschland (Metropol Verlag, 2002), and spoke about "Operation Helping Hands". African Americans and the Albert-Schweitzer Children's Home for