Haitian Studies Association
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The Haitian Studies Association supports scholarship on Haiti and provides a forum for the exchange and dissemination of ideas and knowledge in order to inform pedagogy, practice, and policy about Haiti in an international community.
Check out The Kimberly Green (LACC) Haitian Summer Institute Lecture Series: Fri, July 17, 2026, 1:00 PM in SIPA II, 258 “Espò, yon gwo zouti fòmasyon ak devlopman pou jèn an Ayiti,” Conald Colbert, Executive Director of Special Olympics Haiti In Haitian Creole. Register: buff.ly/q0I665q
Felix Jean-Louis participated in the short documentary "The Troubled Island" buff.ly/BrIC42e Haitian Studies Association's board member Felix Jean-Louis, participated in a short documentary "The Troubled Island" directed by Desha Dauchan in Film and Media at UC Irvine.
HSA President, Regine O. Jackson, was a panelist at the Atlanta World Cup premiere of an independent feature film shot entirely in Cap Haitien, Haiti, “The Tropic Sun and His Eyes“. Read More: buff.ly/xplTNoP
"Impact of Supreme Court TPS ruling on Haitians, Syrians and tens of thousands in the US" With Francois Pierre-Louis Listen to conversation in The World: buff.ly/qIHOXry
Haitian Studies Association - Responding to the Supreme Court decision on TPS Read entire statement: www.haitianstudies.org/2026/06/resp... View recording of conversation: youtu.be/3g_jLub-XH4?...
Upcoming Virtual Event - "Update on Haitian Immigration in the United States" Date & Time: June 18, 2026 4pm ET – ZOOM buff.ly/Ik36JT9 The event provides an update on Haitian immigration in the United States.
FIFA’s Haiti jersey ban echoes the long campaign to discredit and downplay the Haitian Revolution buff.ly/FVoDBkT "...the Haitian national soccer team was forced to make a last-minute change. But it didn’t have anything to do with its roster or travel plans. It was the team’s jersey."
"Haiti at the World Cup is more than an underdog tale – it is the story of global migration" buff.ly/T40gYLd When Haiti’s soccer team lines up against Scotland on June 13, 2026, its players will be representing the Caribbean nation at a World Cup for the first time since 1974.[...]
Upcoming Virtual Event - "Update on Haitian Immigration in the United States" Date & Time: June 18, 2026 4pm ET – ZOOM buff.ly/Ik36JT9
Online Film Screening – Ludi 2021 (80 minutes) Date & Time: Friday, May 8th, 2026 at 1 p.m. EST buff.ly/OqitIOS Ludi follows a Haitian nurse employed at a nursing home in Little Haiti, Miami, trying to make ends meet to support her family in Haiti.
Online Films Screening – Four Short Films by Al’Ikens Plancher Date & Time: Friday, April 24th, 2026 at 1 p.m. EST/12 p.m. CT/ 10 a.m. PST buff.ly/hef7J7J • Boat People, 2024 (10 minutes) • Tifi , 2021 (13 minutes) • La Vie, 2023 (4 minutes) • Konpa, 2023 (9 minutes)
Upcoming Event: "Haiti Programs & Politics Briefing" Thursday, April 2nd at 7:00 PM EST - Zoom buff.ly/WApdZBT The Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) is pleased to invite you to a Virtual Program Briefing on Thursday, April 2nd at 7:00 EST.
Latest issue of the Journal of Haitian Studies is now available for download to our members. buff.ly/xiv6r3k
Online Film Screening – Douvan Jou Ka Leve (The Sun Will Rise) by Gessica Généus Date & Time: Friday, March 20, 2026 at 1 p.m. EST/12 p.m. CT/ 10 a.m. PST buff.ly/MFtMTA0
Online Film Screening – Douvan Jou Ka Leve (The Sun Will Rise) by Gessica Généus Date & Time: Friday, March 20, 2026 at 1 p.m. EST/12 p.m. CT/ 10 a.m. PST buff.ly/MFtMTA0
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 buff.ly/MHwXS9d
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) buff.ly/LNLwn6P
Global Reads Webinar: Author Nadine Pinede on her YA Novel Set in Haiti buff.ly/UGRiZzD 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! buff.ly/B9yA0Rj 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 buff.ly/DSsR7Cg 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: "Géographies de la rébellion et subjectivations féminines : traces, savoirs et transmissions autour de Sanite Belair" buff.ly/TnRUr3K
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) buff.ly/r4hVZXU
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) buff.ly/r4hVZXU
Member's Corner Highlights: Lauren Derby "Bêtes Noire – Sorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands (Duke University Press)" buff.ly/pdbERYG
Online Event Today: An Ecological Road to Reparative Justice for Haiti Date & Time: Friday, October 17, 12:00 PT, 15:00 ET (Zoom) buff.ly/lozc2ca
Upcoming Film Screening: The Heroes of the Massacre River Date & Time: Friday, October 10th 2025 / 3pm ET/12pm PT/9pm CET (Zoom) buff.ly/hy7JTZc
Upcoming Virtual Event: International Creole Day Celebration Date & Time: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - 6:00pm ET (Zoom) Featured Speaker: Dr. Claudine Michel buff.ly/laIZqyY 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 buff.ly/E0v7wPl 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 buff.ly/BpxW5lK
