Past Conferences
Previous Haitian Studies Association Conferences
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 Context
Oct. 16-17, 1992, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
Award Recepient: Veve A. Clark
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.
Award for Excellence: Felix Morisseau Leroy
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
Award for Excellence: Paul Farmer
Award for Service: Carrol F. Coates
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
Award for Excellence: Tiga (Jean Claude Garoute)
Award for Service: Alix Cantave
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
Award for Excellence: Michel Rolph Trouillot
Award for Service: Alex Dupuy
15th Anniversary Special Service Award: Leslie Desmangles
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
Award for Excellence: Dr. Frank Laraque and Paul Laraque
Award for Service: Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Deschapelles
Seventeenth Annual Conference Haiti "Cherie": Creating New Pathways for Tomorrow
October 13-15, 2005, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Award for Excellence: Raoul Peck
Award for Service: Odette Roy-Fambrun
Special Award for Service: Gerdes Fleaurant
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
Award for Excellence: Yves Dejan
Award for Service: Leara Rhodes
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
Award for Excellence: Edwidge Danticat
Award for Service: Carol Berotte Joseph
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
Twentieth Annual Conference Re-Union: Manifesting the Collective Power of Haitian Ingenuity
November 6-8, 2008, Club Indigo Resort Hotel, Montrouis, Haiti
Award for Excellence: Claudine Michel
Award for Service: LeGrace Benson
Sponsored by Department of Africana Studies - University of Massachusetts, Boston
FOKAL
Group Croissance
Ministère de l'Agriculture
NOVA Southeastern Universit
Black Studies Center, University of California, Santa Barbara
School of Education, University of Miami
William Monroe Trotter Institute, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Twenty-First Annual Conference New Ecologies: Actualizing Global Contributions and Development in Haiti
November 12-14,2009, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Award for Excellence: Albert Valdman
Award for Service: Fondasyon Kole Sepol, FONKOZE
Sponsored by: Department of Africana Studies-University of Massachusetts, Boston
Nova Southeastern University, Fl
School of Education, University of Miami, FL
William Monroe Trotter Insitute, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Indiana University, Bloomington
EducaVision, Inc.
Twenty-Second Annual Conference Haiti, History, Healing: Facing the Challenges of Reconstruction November 11-13, 2010 Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Booklist
Lifetime Acheivement Award: Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
Award for Service: Fequiere Vilsaint, Educa Vision, Inc
Sponsored by: Africana Studies Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Alliance Française of Providence
Arts of Haiti Project
Center for Black Studies Research, University of California, Santa Barbara
Center for Community Health, Education & Research, Inc
Foundation Hope for Haiti, Inc
Haiti Soleil
Journal of Haitian Studies
Rhode Island School of Design
School of Education, University of Miami, FL
William Monroe Trotter Institute
Whittier Street Health Center
Brown University
Twenty-Third Annual Conference, Haiti at the Intersection of the Caribbean: Tracing the Past, Mapping the Future
November 10-12, 2011, The University of the West Indies, Mona Kingston, Jamaica
Ambassador Reginald Dumas' Keynote Address
Award for Service: Ambassador Reginald Dumas
Award for Excellence: Yanick Lahens
Sponsored by: University of Massachusetts Boston, Department of Africana Studies
Center for African, Caribbean and Community Development
J. Wray and Nephew Ltd
Center for Black Studies Research, University of California, Santa Barbara
Journal of Haitian Studies
Haiti Soleil,If Pigs Could Fly-Haiti
Educa Vision, Inc.
Joanne Liberles & Chris Hardman, oldCape Sotheby's International
The University of the West Indies: The Office of the Principal
The Faculty of Humanities and Education
The Department of History and Archeology
The Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
The Latin American and Caribbean Centre
The School of Education
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
