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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/

  • Black Writers: Zadie Smith and Caryl Phillips

    Wed, Feb 12, 2003
    Authors Zadie Smith, *White Teeth* and *The Autograph Man*, and Caryl Phillips, *The Final Passage*, *Crossing the River* and *Cambridge* will read from their work. ** Zadie Smith**, at age 14, changed her name from Sadie to Zadie, and in 2000, as a 21-year-old Cambridge University graduate, published her first novel, *White Teeth*. In her second novel, *The Autograph Man,* Smith dissects both celebrity culture and mystic Judaism. Smith has now turned to nonfiction, spending a few years stateside as a fellow at Radcliffe College's Bunting Institute. She is at work on a book of essays, *The Morality of the Novel,* in which she considers a selection of 20th-Century writers through the lens of moral philosophy. **Caryl Phillips** was born in St. Kitts on March 13, 1958 and moved to England after just one year. There he took an honors BA at Oxford and began his writing career. Currently, he lives in Amherst where he serves as writer in residence. Phillips was recently appointed as chief editor of the Faber and Faber Caribbean writers' series. Watch ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre's two-part adaptation of Zadie Smith's [White Teeth](http://wgbh.org/program-info?episode\_id=896509) on WGBH Channels 2 and 44.
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  • Black Writers: Rita Dove and John Wideman

    Wed, Mar 5, 2003
    Authors Rita Dove, *On the Bus with Rosa Parks* (1999), *Through the Ivory Gate* (1992), and John Wideman, *Sent for You Yesterday *, *Philadelphia Fire*, read from their work.
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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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  • Black Writers: Derek Walcott

    Mon, Apr 14, 2003
    Poet Derek Walcott, author of *Omeros* (1990), *Tiepolo's Hound* (2000), and *The Haitian Trilogy* (2002), reads from his work.
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  • Abolitionism and Human Rights in the U.S.

    Fri, Mar 7, 2003
    Political activist Angela Davis talks about abolitionism and human rights in the United States.
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    Civil Rights Movement Series
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  • Encarta Africana: From Du Bois to John Coltrane

    Thu, Feb 13, 2003
    Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses the comprehensive project, Encarta Africana.
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  • Sidney Mintz on Haiti

    Wed, Apr 23, 2003
    Anthropologist Sidney Mintz discusses the so-called "black republic" of Haiti.
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  • Jazz and Modern Africa: Spiritual Strivings

    Tue, Nov 18, 2003
    Columbia University Professor Robin Kelley discusses the need for scholars to establish deep connections between jazz artists and the various movements that presumably influence them.
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  • News Out of Africa: South African Miracle

    Wed, May 14, 2003
    Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks about reporting news out of Africa, starting with her own "personal reference."
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  • News Out of Africa: Challenges Within and Without

    Mon, May 5, 2003
    Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks about new news out of Africa, which holds out the promise of the most dramatic developments in Africa since the end of colonial rule 40 years ago.
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