Purdue News
Purdue News
|
African American Studies presents spring speakersWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Cultural issues, such as Latin themes in literature and black women writers, are part of the Purdue University African American Studies and Research Center's spring speaker schedule. All events are free and open to the public. The Harriet A. Jacobs Arts & Letters Lecture, an annual event that celebrates women writers, is at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday (3/3) in Stewart Center, Room 214A. Venetria K. Patton, director of the center and associate professor of English, will present "The Grasp That Reaches Beyond the Grave: The Ancestral Call in Black Women's Fiction." Conversations on the Diaspora, "Latin Voices, Global Vision: Literary Themes on Rights, Resistance and Relationships," is at 4 p.m. March 30 at the Black Cultural Center, Multipurpose Room II. Quince Duncan, author and visiting professor of Spanish, and Cristina Rodriguez Cabral, poet and doctoral candidate from the University of Missouri, Columbia, will serve on the panel. Emmanuel Harris, assistant professor of Spanish at Depauw University, will moderate the discussion. The Talkin' & Testifyn': Works in Progress Series features Cornelius Bynum, lecturer in the Purdue Department of History, at 4 p.m. April 6 at the Black Cultural Center, Multipurpose Room II. This series provides scholars an opportunity to present preliminary findings or early ideas about their research, said Carolyn Johnson, senior research associate in the African American Studies and Research Center. The African American Studies and Research Center, which is housed in the School of Liberal Arts, offers a major and minor to undergraduate students. The center sponsors a variety of programs, including the Talkin' & Testifyn': Works in Progress Series and Conversations on the Diaspora. Writer: Amy Patterson-Neubert, (765) 494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu Source: Carolyn Johnson, (765) 494-5680, CJohnson@sla.purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
|
