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Harvard Du Bois Institute

The W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University is the nation's oldest research center dedicated to the study of the history, culture, and social institutions of Africans and African Americans. Founded in 1975, the Institute serves as the site for research projects, fellowships for emerging and established scholars, publications, conferences, and working groups. Named after the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard (1895), the Du Bois Institute also sponsors four major lecture series each year and serves as the co-sponsor for numerous public conferences, lectures, readings, and forums.break

http://dubois.fas.harvard.edu/

  • Age of Revolution: Founding Fathers and Slavery

    Tue, Nov 9, 2004
    Gary Nash lectures on the historical issues surrounding slavery in the era of the American Revolution.
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  • Elections, Successions and Post-Literate America

    Wed, Oct 27, 2004
    A panel of political, media, and education experts explore issues ranging from the use of satire as a political tool to black voter suppression.
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  • Sidney Mintz on Puerto Rico

    Thu, Apr 24, 2003
    Anthropologist Sidney Mintz discusses the political history of Puerto Rico.
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  • Reserve Clause: Curtis Flood and Baseball

    Thu, Oct 30, 2003
    Gerald L. Early, Merle Kling professor of modern letters at Washington University in St. Louis, discusses his cultural observations on Curt Flood, the first player in Major League Baseball to challenge the infamous "reserve clause", which opened the doors to free agency.
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  • Black Writers: Elizabeth Alexander and Suzan-Lori Parks

    Wed, Mar 12, 2003
    Authors Elizabeth Alexander, *Antebellum Dream Book*, and Suzan-Lori Parks *The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World*, read from their work.
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    Edwidge Danticat: The Immigrant Artist at Work

    Wed, Nov 17, 2010
    Award-winning Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat discusses her reflection on art and exile, *Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work*. Danticat is introduced by Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. What does it mean to be an immigrant artist, especially in relation to one’s country of origin? When that country is suffering–-from violence, poverty, oppression, or disaster–-how does the artists’ responsibility change?
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