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The College of Arts & Sciences
AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
and related initiatives
As part of a series of initiatives to foster and support
cross-disciplinary research on African American topics, the
College of Arts & Sciences is launching a new symposium
series, under the direction of Prof. Daniel Littlefield,
Carolina Professor of History, and involving faculty from
Anthropology, the Darla Moore School of Business, English,
History, and Political Science.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE: SPRING 2008
This series has been planned as an
opportunity for participants to discuss current research.
The symposium meets once a month,
starting at 3:30 p.m. and lasting about an hour and a half.
Meetings are open to any interested participants.
Presenters and their topics for the fall semester are:
Wednesday 13th February:
Gambrell
Hall, Room 108 |
African Americans and Consumer Culture
David Crockett
Moore School of Business
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Wednesday 19th March:
Gambrell Hall, Room 430 |
Testimony and
Transformation:
African American Rhetoric before
1830
Shevaun
Watson
Department of English
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Wednesday 9th April:
Gambrell
Hall, Room 108 |
Representations and
Regional
Interactions of Africans and Native
Americans
Terrance Weik
Department of Anthropology
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Tuesday 29th
April:
Thomas Cooper Library
Rare Books and Special
Collections Reading Room |
Celebratory Reception: Opening of
an Office Suite in the Thomas Cooper Library for the
IAAR |
PREVIOUS SYMPOSIUM TOPICS:
September 20: Tracy Swartout, National
Park Service, who will talk about the Lower Richland
Project--a proposed oral history initiative involving
African American homeowners surrounding Congaree National
Park.
October 18: Todd Shaw, Political Science, who will
discuss African American politics in an approaching election
year.
November 15: David Crockett, Darla Moore School of
Business, who will discuss some features of African
American consumerism.
CONTACTS:
Director: Prof. Daniel Littlefield, Department of History
(LittleDC@gwm.sc.edu
or 803-777-0810)
Graduate Assistant: Francesca Fair, Department of History (fairf@mailbox.sc.edu)
Office: facilities for the initiative are initially in
Gambrell Hall, Room 213 (tel.: 777-4472),
until planned office space is completed on the second level
of Thomas Cooper Library.
PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Preliminary planning for the symposium and other initiatives
has been undertaken by the following committee: Daniel
Littlefield, Department of History; Glenda Coleman,
Darla Moore School of Business; David Crockett, Darla Moore
School of Business; Bobby Donaldson, Department of History;
Valinda Littlefield, Department of History; Todd Shaw,
Department of Political Science; David Simmons, Department
of Anthropology; Kimberly Simmons, Department of
Anthropology; Terrence Weik, Department of Anthropology;
Qiana Whitted, Department of English.
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This page updated February 13, 2008