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Weekly Events Notice - Sent Mondays at Noon

Winter 2010-2011

We hope you enjoy our winterbreak newsletter full of details for this January and upcoming spring events. Not to miss? Our "Black in Latin America" Conference in January; the new spring major lectures line-up - Kim Crenshaw starts things off with the Du Bois Lectures in February; Elizabeth Catlett in the Rudenstine Gallery; and more. Also included are articles and images from recent events, publications, and news. For the holidays - see the below link to the Root.com for "Black Saints, Martyrs - and a Wise Man." We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday season!

Vera Ingrid Grant
Executive Director

Visit our website for information about our events, projects, and publications.

Coming in January...

Black in Latin America

Conference
January 27-29, 2011

Investigating-and celebrating-the rich legacy and exciting future of the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean, the conference Black in Latin America brings together more than two dozen scholars, thinkers, and writers from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil, Perú, Mexico, and the United States.

Six panels and two roundtables over three days will address questions of politics, the economy, gender, and national identity through the lens of race in Latin America.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, including a list of participants, visit the Event Website

Coming this Summer:
NEH 2011 Summer Institute

for College and University Teachers: "African American Struggles for Freedom and Civil Rights, 1865-1965"

June 27 - July 22, 2011

at the Du Bois Institute

Applications now available, please email: nehinst@fas.harvard.edu
Deadline is March 1, 2011

For additional information:

visit the NEH Website

In the News

WATCH Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Discuss the Publication of the Image of the Black in Western Art Book Series on Chronicle HD

WATCH Omar Wasow Discuss Wikileaks on the Colbert Report

Recently Featured on TheRoot.com:

Articles:

Black Saints, Martyrs -- and a Wise Man by David Bindman and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Over the centuries, European artists depicted a variety of religious figures as African. The most famous examples: Christmas art of the Three Kings, or Magi. Many of these treasures can be found in "The Image of the Black in Western Art," co-edited by David Bindman and Henry Louis Gates Jr., editor-in-chief of The Root.

W. E. B. Du Bois' Talented Tenth in Pictures by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

An unusual exhibit of photographs of middle-class African Americans at the Paris Expo of 1900 was a declaration of war against racial stereotypes -- and a forerunner of class conflict among blacks.

It's Time for President Obama to Become a Leader by Lawrence D. Bobo

The president's professorial approach to issues has left Americans wondering what he stands for. He needs to find his Berlin Wall and take a stand on something.

Galleries:

"Classic Black Christmas" Image gallery curated and annotated by Sheldon Cheek

"The Talented Tenth in Pictures" Image gallery curated and annotated by Renée Mussai

"The Image of the Black in Western Art" Image gallery curated by the Image of the Black in Western Art Photo Archive and Research Project, annotated by Sheldon Cheek

Fellow's Corner

FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS
NOW AVAILABLE
2011-2012 ACADEMIC YEAR
DUE: January 31, 2011

Alumni Fellow

Deborah Willis
and the

New York University /

Tisch School of the Arts

Presents:
Beauty and Fashion:
The Black Portrait Symposium

April 2-3, 2011

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Publications

Du Bois Review

The Du Bois Review is a scholarly, multidisciplinary, and multicultural journal devoted to social science research and criticism about race.

The Fall 2010 issue (7.2), entitled "Questioning Blackness," features an interview between Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Isabel Wilkerson, and contributions from Ngina Chiteji, John Gennari, Travis Jackson, Michael Jeffries, Karen M. Kaufmann, Ingrid Monson, Mignon R. Moore, Shayla Nunnally, James Rosbrook-Thompson & Gary Armstrong, Bryant Simon, and Clovis L. White.

Also, look for the exclusive DBR transcript of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s interview with Condoleezza Rice on our website coming soon.

Editors: Lawrence D. Bobo and Michael C. Dawson

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Transition

Transition is a unique forum for fresh perspectives on global issues, literature and art, cultures and people, with an emphasis on Africa and the Diaspora.

Issue 103, just released, features a cluster of writing and artwork from Cape Verde, collected by AAAS doctoral candidate Carla Martin, as well as essays, fiction, and poetry from Adekeye Adebajo , Brad Epps, Donato Ndongo, Wole Soyinka, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, and Dagwami Woubshet.

Editors: Tommie Shelby, Glenda Carpio, Vincent Brown

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LOCAL AND NATIONAL EVENTS

Recent Events @ The Institute

W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture Series
K. Anthony Appiah
The World,The Negro, & Africa: Themes in the Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois
Appiah

November 2-4, 2010

M. Victor Leventritt Symposium
The Image of the Black in Western Art

WEBCAST NOW AVAILABLE

IBWA Symposium
November 15, 2010

For Information about the Image of the Black in Western Art Photo Archive and Book Series, including videos, press materials, and purchasing information, visit http://dubois.fas.harvard.edu/IBWA