Conference Organizers: 

      Nadia Ellis (English Department)

      Marie-Hélène Koffi-Tessio (French and Italian Department)

      Tim Watson (English Department)


      Posters & publicity: Angela Ards and John Bugg

      Website designer: Danielle Elliott
 

Sponsors:

The conference organizers gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the following offices, programs, and departments at Princeton that has made this conference possible:

      The Office of the President

      Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

      Program in African American Studies

      The Graduate School

      Department of English

      Department of French and Italian

      Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies

      Department of Comparative Literature

      Program in African Studies
 

special thanks to

        Pat Guglielmi, Marie-Hélène Huet, Kevin Mensch, Leona Rosso-Dzugan,
        Nancy Shillingford, Sharon Torres, and Tambay Obenson


artwork on this site

The artwork on this site is by British artist Yinka Shonibare.

Shonibare's works combine emulsion, acrylic, found
objects and textiles and explore his interest in aesthetic
and post-colonial issues.

All work appears courtesy of Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.
For additional information on Shonibare, visit www.stephenfriedman.com




Yinka Shonibare, 
Vacation, 2000.
Wax printed cotton textile, fiberglass figures, plastic
c. 152.5 x 61 x 61cm (c. 60 x 24 x 24in)



    

Yinka Shonibare, 
Sun, Sea and Sand, 1995.
Mixed media installation
Dimensions variable