Haitian Studies Association

Call for Proposals: "Haitian Studies in Dialogue: Emerging Scholars Bridging Dyasporas in France, the United States, and Beyond"

A Pre-Conference Symposium

Paris, France - May 25, 2026

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Online Event: Kongrè Patrioyotik pou yon Sovtaj Nasyonal
'Atelier de restitution et de synthèse des résultats du Congrès sur les options de Gouvernance'

Date & Time: Jan 24, 2026 05:00 PM ET (Zoom)

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Global Reads Webinar: Author Nadine Pinede on her YA Novel Set in Haiti

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Nadine Pinede on her YA Novel When the Mapou Sings K-12 educators, join us for a conversation with Nadine Pinede, author of the 2025 Américas Award Honor Book, When the Mapou Sings

HSA Year in Review – Join the Konbit!

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This year the HSA konbit delivered impactful programming online and at our annual conference in Pittsburgh!

Giving back to the Journal of Haitian Studies #GivingTuesday2025

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All gifts large and small are meaningful. Generous donors have committed to match up to $7,000 in contributions to JOHS before December 6th.

Upcoming Event: "Dr. Guerda Nicolas to Be Honored at Haiti Unbound"

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Upcoming Event: "Géographies de la rébellion et subjectivations féminines : traces, savoirs et transmissions autour de Sanite Belair"

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Upcoming Virtual and In-Person Event:
Haitian Arts Digital Crossroad Lunch & Learn – “The Path to Visual and Cultural Reparation in the Digital Age”

Grinnell College HSSC A1231 on November 11, 2025 at 12pm central time (WEBEX – Live Stream)

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Upcoming Virtual and In-Person Event:
Haitian Arts Digital Crossroad Lunch & Learn – “The Path to Visual and Cultural Reparation in the Digital Age”

Grinnell College HSSC A1231 on November 11, 2025 at 12pm central time (WEBEX – Live Stream)

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Member's Corner Highlights: Lauren Derby

"Bêtes Noire – Sorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands (Duke University Press)"

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Online Event Today: An Ecological Road to Reparative Justice for Haiti
Date & Time: Friday, October 17, 12:00 PT, 15:00 ET (Zoom)

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Upcoming Film Screening: The Heroes of the Massacre River
Date & Time: Friday, October 10th 2025 / 3pm ET/12pm PT/9pm CET (Zoom)

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Upcoming Virtual Event: International Creole Day Celebration
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - 6:00pm ET (Zoom)
Featured Speaker: Dr. Claudine Michel

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Note: This is not an HSA event. We are sharing the word as a service & because Claudine Michel is HSA's executive director.

Upcoming Virtual Event: Healing in the Lakou / Gerizon nan Lakou a

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Date & Time: September 30, 5pm ET – Zoom

Upcoming Film Screening: Haiti, La rançon de l’indépendance / Haiti, The Ransom for Independence

Date & Time: October 3, 2025, at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 7 pm CEST

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Upcoming Virtual Event (this Friday): Emerging Scholars Café

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Emerging Scholars invites you to the relaunch of its Emerging Scholar’s Cafes on September 26, 2025 at 2pm ET.

Upcoming Virtual Event: Healing in the Lakou / Gerizon nan Lakou a

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This virtual conversation bridges KOSANBA’s recent conference theme on “Africana Religious Activism, Resistance and Rejuvenation” and HSA’s forthcoming conference theme on “Reparasyon ak Restitisyon.”

Upcoming Virtual Event: Emerging Scholars Café

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Emerging Scholars invites you to the relaunch of its Emerging Scholar’s Cafes on September 26, 2025 at 8pm CET/ 2pm EST/11am PST.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Haitian Community and Demographic Study

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Note: This is not an HSA call for proposals. We are sharing the word as a service.

UPCOMING EVENT: Unveiling the Legacy: Scholarly Reflections on Haiti’s “Double Debt” of 1825 (Webinar)

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Simultaneous interpretation will be available in French and Haitian Creole.

2025 Call for Nominations for the H.S.A. Board

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HSA’s Nominations Committee invites member nominations and self-nominations for consideration for the positions listed below:
* Vice President
* Board Member (up to 3)
* Graduate Student Representative (1)

OPPORTUNITIES: CaribOx Visiting Fellowships & Travel Grants

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The call for 2026 applications for the Caribbean Oxford Initiative, ‘CaribOx’, is now open.

2025 Call for H.S.A. Award Nominations

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The Haitian Studies Association welcomes nominations for the following 2025 awards. Award recipients will be honored at the 37th Annual HSA Conference in Pittsburgh.

* Award for Excellence
* Award for Service
* Life Time Achievement Award

THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION’S SCHOLAR RESCUE FUND FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: July 27, 2025

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The IIE-SRF is the only global program that arranges, funds, and supports fellowships for threatened and displaced scholars at partnering higher education institutions worldwide.

The latest issue of the Journal of Haitian Studies is now available for download to all current members.

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Invitation to the Sectorial Meeting of the Diaspora
June 21 4.00 pm ET | ZOOM

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The Kongrè Patriyotik Planning Committee invites you to a meeting to provide an opportunity to give input into the recommendations and solutions that we aim to share at the National Patriotic Congress.

Gabrielle Apollon, of Haitian Immigrant Rights Project & Hemispheric Network for Haitian Migrants' Rights wishes to share Global Justice Clinic’s brief, available in English and Spanish.

This is not an HSA document. We are sharing the content as a service.

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Jacques Pierre, the Kreyol editor for the Journal of Haitian Studies was part of the webinar “The Power of Language: Valuing the Haitian Creole Language” with BIC-Building Integrated Communities.

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Statement Denouncing the June 4, 2025, US Travel Ban

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Révolution haïtienne (1791-1804) : pouvoirs, savoirs, émancipations

Journées d'étude organisées par le réseau de recherche international Mondes de la Colonialité et TransModernités (MCTM)

www.fmsh.fr/agenda/revol...