A Scholarly Organization Dedicated To African Diaspora Studies

We seek to establish Afro-Latin/American studies as a field that is distinguished by being international, interdisciplinary, inter-ethnic, comparative, and collegial.

ALARA 2023 Conference Registration

ALARA is now accepting proposals for the The Fourteenth Biennial International/ Interdisciplinary Research Conference of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association:

Hemispheric Connections: Collaboration, Critique, Community and the Black Diaspora in the Americas

Proposals are due by: March 20, 2023

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PALARA: The Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association

The Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association (PALARA) is now open access and is located here:

https://palara.journal.library.uta.edu/index.php/palara

About ALARA

AFRO-LATIN/AMERICAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (ALARA) ALARA is a dynamic organization of individual scholars working in the field of African American Studies. It is the “American” section of the International African American Research Association. We seek to establish African American studies as a field that is distinguished by being international, interdisciplinary, inter-ethnic, comparative, and collegial.


Executive Committee of ALARA

Dr. Luisa Ossa

La Salle University

ossa@lasalle.edu

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Ana Lucía Mosquera Rosado, MA, MLA

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Debbie Lee-DiStefano

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Gicela Medina

Washington University in St. Louis

gicela@wustl.edu

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Dr. Antonio D. Tillis

Rutgers University - Camden

chancellor@camden.rutgers.edu

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Dr. Sonja Watson

Texas Christian University

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Dr. Sheridan Wigginton

California Lutheran University

wigginton@callutheran.edu

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Tyra Lewis

Clark University

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Dr. Sarah Soanirina Ohmer

CUNY, Lehman College

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Dr. Dorothy Mosby

Mount Holyoke College

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