April 2011
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Encuentros: Artistic Exchange between the U.S. and...
Encuentros: Artistic Exchange between the U.S. and Latin America Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. October 5-6, 2011   This symposium will examine artistic exchange between Latin America and the United States from the late nineteenth century to the present. Papers will consider how artists and artworks have crossed the border separating the U.S. and Latin America (defined as...
Apr 23rd
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Ross Archive of African Images #digitalhumanities →
Apr 22nd
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Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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Abdul Alkalimat & the Malcolm X Debate
Abdul Alkalimat, editor of H-AfroAm, has compiled quite a list of links related to the late Manning Marable’s recently published biography of Malcolm X.  Read at your leisure and join the debate online at: http://www.h-net.org/~afro-am/ Praise:  David Garrow “This superbly perceptive and resolutely honest book will long endure as a definitive treatment of Malcolm’s life, if not...
Apr 20th
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@SouthernCultures: HOW SHOULD WE REMEMBER THE...
HOW SHOULD WE REMEMBER THE CIVIL WAR? The Civil War and its aftermath have always been popular subjects for the readers of Southern Cultures, and we’re marking the War’s Sesquicentennial over the next few months with featured content.  Much of this content will address the role the Civil War has played and continues to play in popular memory and culture.  It will include both new...
Apr 20th
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@HNOC: Wednesday: Book signing and talk with...
Wednesday: Book signing and talk with Alexander P. Tureaud Jr. & Rachel L. Emanuel   Wednesday, April 20 • 6:30–8 p.m. 533 Royal St. Free and open to the public. Reservations: (504) 523-4662 or wrc@hnoc.org On Wednesday evening, The Collection will host a book signing and talk with the son of long-time civil rights activist and attorney Alexander P. Tureaud (1899–1972), who is the co-author...
Apr 19th
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Rebecca Scott (UMICH) at NHC: "Paper Thin: Freedom...
“Paper Thin: Freedom and Re-enslavement  in the Diaspora of the Haitian Revolution” Rebecca Scott, University of Michigan   Thursday, February 17 - 5:00 p.m.   at the National Humanities Center 7 T.W. Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC Rebecca J. Scott is Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law at the University of...
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