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First Annual Conference
June 17, 1989, Tufts University, Medford, Ma.

Second Annual Conference
June 15-16, 1990, Tufts University, Medford, Ma.

Third Annual Conference Haiti Two Hundred Years Later: Prospects for the Year 2004
Oct. 18-19, 1991, Tufts University, Medford, Ma.

Fourth Annual Conference Haiti in the Global Contex
t Oct. 16-17, 1992, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Fifth Annual Conference Governance: Conflict Resolution In Haitian Institutions
Oct. 15-16, 1993, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA.

Sixth Annual Conference Rethinking Haiti: Grassroots,Community Participation and Popular Culture Oct. 14-15, 1994, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA.

Seventh Annual Conference Haitian Expressions: Word, Image, and Action
Oct. 13-14, 1995, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI.

Eighth Annual Conference Beyond 1804: Consensus and nation Building for the 21st Century
Oct. 30-Nov, 3 1996, Xaragua Hotel, Montrouis, Haiti.

Ninth Annual Conference Haitians in the Pan-African Community: Culture, Identity and Affirmation Oct.23-25, 1997, Museum of Afro-American History, Detroit, MI.

Tenth Annual Conference Haiti at the Crossroads: Visions, Continuity and Change
Oct 28-Nov.1, 1998, Le Plaza Hotel, (Holiday Inn), PAP, Haiti.

Eleventh Annual Conference Bridges Across the Waters: Connecting the Haitian Community at Home and Abroad
Nov. 3-7, 1999, Sheraton Buckhead Hotel, Atlanta, GA.

Twelfth Annual Conference Changing the Landscape of Education for
Haitians in the new Century: Current Issues, Best Practices, and Promising Initiatives
October 26-28, 2000, Crowne Plaza Hotel, West Palm Beach, FL,
Co-sponsored by the West Palm Beach Public Schools.

Thirteenth Annual Conference Institution Building: The Road to the Social, Political and
Economic Development of Haiti
October 11-13, 2001, St. Michael’s College, Winooski Park, Colchester, VT,
Sponsored by St. Michael’s College.

Fourteenth Annual Conference Communicating: Images and Realities of Haiti
October 17-19, 2002, Université Quisqueya, Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
Sponsored by Université Quisqueya.

Fifteenth Annual Conference Investing in the Human Capital at Home and Abroad
October 9-11, 2003, Florida International University, Biscayne Bay Campus, FL,
Co-sponsored by the Latin American & Caribbean Center the Modern Languages Department,
and the African New World Studies.

Sixteenth Annual Conference Rediscovering Haitian History : Archiving Memory to Reconstruct our Future
October 6-8, 2004, Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean,
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Seventeenth Annual Conference Haiti "Cherie": Creating New Pathways for Tomorrow
October 13-15, 2005, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Sponsored by Department of Africana Studies and co-sponsored by the Chancellor’s Office,
Center for World Languages and Cultures, William Monroe Trotter Institute
Mass Bay Community College, and Center for Community Health Education and Research

Eighteenth Annual Conference The Haitian Renaissance: Exploring New Paradigms & Building On
Strengths to Construct a Nation
October 5-7, 2006, University of Virginia Charlottesville
Sponsored financially and logistically by the University of Virginia
Department of Africana Studies - University of Massachusetts at Boston
Foundation Hope for Haiti, Inc.
Office of the President-Mass Bay Community College
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Nineteenth Annual Conference Weaving Transnational Ties: Partnering for Haiti
October 4-6, 2007, Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL
Sponsored by LYNN UNIVERSITY
Department of Africana Studies - University of Massachusetts at Boston
NOVA Southeastern University - Marketing Department
Fischler School for Education and Human Services, and National Institute for Education Options
Florida International University - Women Studies Center
Foundation Hope for Haiti, Inc.
Emil Viard Vie & Art Collections, Inc.
Africana Studies, Barry University
Yves Colon
Nancy Férère

SYMPOSIA

Educating Haitian Children in Bilingual Education Programs: A problem Solving Symposium
Saturday April 11, 1992 Somerville High School, Somerville, Mass.

Dialogue for Development: The Political and Economic Reconstruction of Haiti
September 20-24, 1995 University of Puerto-Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto-Rico

Haitian Studies Series in Collaboration with DRCLAS at Harvard University
February 2000 – December 2001

Haitian Education, Economic Political and Social System: An Historical Perspective
February 16, 2001 DRCLAS , Harvard University

Education and Development
April 20, 2001 DRCLAS, Harvard University

Immigration and Transnationalism
October 26, 2001 DRCLAS, Harvard University

Health and Development
December 7, 2001 DRCLAS, Harvard University

Emergency Conference on the Future of Democracy and Economic Development in Haiti
May 11-12, 2001 University of Massachusetts Boston