GENERAL INFORMATION

 

ISN Fall 2000 Event: 

"Creolization in the Academy and the Community"

 

A Symposium on Cultural Representations of Creole Identities in New Orleans and the Caribbean with a Companion Exhibit featuring the work

oflocal artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre

 

 

Click HERE for the November 4th Symposium Program

 

Click HERE for more information on the featured panelists

 

Click HERE for information on Ulrick Jean-Pierre

1803 Création du Drapeau Haïtien

[1803 Creation of Haitian Flag]

Ulrick Jean-Pierre, Oil on canvas, "54"x72"

 

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Description of "Creolization" Symposium and Exhibit

Scheduled for Saturday, November 4, 2000 (10am-5pm, Jones Hall Room #204) "Creolization in the Academy and the Community" is a weekend symposium event in which academic scholars, university students, secondary school teachers and students, and community activists will join forces to explore the relationship between New Orleans and the Caribbean by focusing specifically on creolization and Creole heritages.

 In collaboration with Tulane University's Special Collections (Jones Hall),  the Interdisciplinary Scholars Network, the Department of  French and Italian, and the Program in African and African Diaspora Studies  will examine what community artists and activists can teach the academic community about cultural preservation of the Creole heritage and collaboration between academia and community organizations and individuals.  The special topic of Creole cultural heritage was chosen since 'creolization' is such a fundamental, yet controversial, component of New Orleans' cultural and historical identity.  The word 'creole' itself is intriguing since its multi-faceted meanings vary greatly depending upon geographical and historical contexts.

Keynote Speakers:  

J. Michael Dash (Department of French Studies, New York University) 

Ulrick Jean-Pierre (Haitian-born Visual Artist)

 

Featured panelists: 

Tom Klingler (Department of French and Italian, Tulane University),   Sybil Kein (Creole Writer and Scholar, University of Michigan),  Tola Mosadomi (African Linguist and Writer, Department Head at Louise S. McGehee School),  Cecile Accilien (Department of French and Italian, Tulane University),  Dixon Abreu (Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Tulane University), and Bill Reeves (President of the Louisiana Historical Society).

 

Companion exhibit: November 3-17, 2000

Special Collections Gallery, 2nd floor Jones Hall:  

The symposium features an exhibit of the paintings of local artist, Ulrick Jean-Pierre.  The exhibit will be open to the public from November 3 until November 17, 2000. 

 Jean-Pierre will present the symposium's keynote address and will provide personally guided tours of his work from 1-2pm on Saturday, Nov. 4th before delivering his keynote address at 2:15pm.  Please contact ISN President Cecile Accilien at caccili@tulane.edu or 865-5115 for more information.

Jean-Pierre's work is particularly well-suited as a focal point of the symposium since, as a Haitian artist living and working in New Orleans, he explores the multiplicity of meanings suggested by the words 'Creole' and 'creolization'.