This one-day activity is sponsored by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, The Common Sense Foundation, the Institute of African American Research, and the National Association of Black Journalists. For additional information contact the BCC at 919.962.9001. The goal of the conference is to introduce rising scholars to the process of presenting their research to a broad academic audience in the tradition of the lecture series. The conference aims not only to provide a forum for interdisciplinary discourse on race, but also to provide support to young scholars throughout their creative processes. This two-day conference will be hosted by the staff of the institute, with individual sessions facilitated by UNC graduate students and faculty.
Scholarly submissions are open to all students.
Randall Robinson, an internationally respected advocate for human rights and democracy, is the founder and president of TransAfrica, a D.C.-based lobbying organization dedicated to influencing U.S. policy toward Africa and the Caribbean. He is also founding president of TransAfrica Forum, which provides educational programs and events on African and the Caribbean. Mr. Robinson has worked as an assistant to Congressmen Charles Diggs and William Clay, and he has testified frequently before both houses of the U.S. Congress. As a Ford foundation Fellow, he lived in Africa for a year, conducting research on the Africanization of European law and its social impact on the population of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He has a BA from Virginia Union University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.