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| Fifth African-American Literature Symposium |
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| Start Date: | 11/12/2009 | Start Time: | 9:00 AM |
| End Date: | 11/12/2009 | End Time: | 3:00 PM |
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Event Description
The Fifth African-American Literature Symposium, “It’s A New Day: The Vicissitude of African American Autobiography from Briton Hammon to President Barack Obama,” is a symposium is sponsored by the Department of
English and Mass Communication and the NCCU Lyceum Series.
This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African-American Studies at Duke University. His keynote address, “A (Nearly) Flawless Masculinity: Barack Obama’s Performance of
Cosmopolitan Blackness,” will begin at 10:45 a.m. Dr. Neal is a renowned scholar whose works include Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic (2002) and New Black Man (2005). He has appeared on National Public Radio and in the Los Angeles Times.
Additionally, panelists from universities such as Hampton University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Maryland at Eastern Shore, and University of North Carolina at Wilmington will give paper presentations throughout the day. |
Contact Information:
Name: Dr. Wendy Rountree
Phone: 919-530-7105 |
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