Sojourner Marable Grimmett: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Wings of Atlanta: A Commemorative Conference at Clark Atlanta University

Thursday, February 09, 2012

W.E.B. Du Bois and the Wings of Atlanta: A Commemorative Conference at Clark Atlanta University

The W. E. B. Du Bois Major Works Seminars A Year-Long Journey into the Soul of Dr. Du Bois

In 2012, Clark Atlanta University will host a year-long reading seminar on the major works of W.E.B. Du Bois. The CAU President, Provost, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, and Chair of the Department of History will engage in a sustained consideration of Du Boisian texts in preparation for the 2013 On the Wings of Atlanta Commemorative Conference. We encourage scholars of all levels to join the CAU campus, Atlanta University Center, and Atlanta-metro institutions in a nation-wide Sankofa sojourn into the writing of the most profound, relevant and complex scholar of our generation.

Spring 2012
Jan 20, 2012 SOUL OF DU BOIS: A CAU PERSPECTIVE The Souls of Black Folk (1903); The Gift of Black Folk (1924)
All Seminars will be held from 12:00noon to 2:00pm in the Thomas Cole Research Center.

President Carlton Brown
Provost Joseph Silver
Dean Shirley Williams-Kirksey
Mr. Arthur McFarlane, the Great-grandson of W.E.B. Du Bois

February 24, 2012 RACE RESEARCH The Study of the Negro Problems (1898); The Philadelphia Negro (1899); Bibliography of the Negro American (1905); Select Discussion of Race Problems (1916);
All Seminars will be held from 12:00noon to 2:00pm in the Thomas Cole Research Center.

Christy Garrison-Harrison, MA CAU History
Dr. Terry Mills, Morehouse College Dean of Research
Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Spelman College Women’s Research and Resource Center
Dr. Akinyele Umoja, African American Studies, Georgia State University

March 23, 2012 CRIME & HEALTH Some Notes on Negro Crime, Particularly in Georgia (1904); Health and Physique (1906)
All Seminars will be held from 12:00noon to 2:00pm in the Thomas Cole Research Center.

Nubiyn Mzekewe, JD, CAU History
Dr. Ron Finnell, CAU Public Administration
Dr. Sandra Taylor, CAU Sociology
Dr. Margaret Counts-Spriggs, CAU Social Work
Dr. Charles S. Fitch, Morehouse School of Medicine

April 27, 2012 LITERATURE & ART The Quest of the Silver Fleece (1911); Dark Princess: A Romance (1928); The Negro Artisan (1902 & 1912)
All Seminars will be held from 12:00noon to 2:00pm in the Thomas Cole Research Center.

Professor Phyllis Lawhorn, CAU English
Dr. Susan Wright-McFatter, CAU English
Dr. Daniel Black, CAU African American Studies
Director Tina Dunkley, CAU Art Gallery
Dr. Blackburn-Beamon, CAU Humanities

Fall 2012
July 13, 2012 AUTOBIOGRAPHY The Autobiographies: Darkwater: Voices From Within the Veil (1920), Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept (1940), and The Autobiography of W. E. Burghardt Du Bois (International publishers,1968)
All Seminars will be held from 12:00noon to 2:00pm in the Thomas Cole Research Center.

Andrea Jackson, Head of the Archives Research Center at the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library
Dr. Deborah Johnson Simon, Study Center of African and African Diaspora Museums/Communities
Dr. Georgene Bess Montgomery, CAU History
Dr. Vicki Crawford, Morehouse College Dr. Martin Luther King Collection
Dr. Viktor Osinubi, CAU Humanities

August 31, 2012 AFRICA The World and Africa, an Inquiry into the Part Which Africa Has Played in World History (1946/ 1965); Africa, Its Geography, People and Products: Its Place in Modern History (1930)
All Seminars will be held from 12:00noon to 2:00pm in the Thomas Cole Research Center.

Kathy Oluwajuyemi, MA, CAU History
Dr. Thomas Scott, CAU Religion
Dr. Kathleen Phillip-Lewis, Spelman History Department Chair
Dr. Henry Akwo Elonge, CAU Public Administration
Dr. Samuel Livingston, Morehouse College History

September 28, 2012 RECONSTRUCTION & RESISTANCE John Brown: A Biography (1909); Black Reconstruction: An Essay toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880 (1935)
All Seminars will be held from 12:00noon to 2:00pm in the Thomas Cole Research Center.

Dr. Richard Hill, CAU History
Dr. Aubrey Underwood, CAU History
Dr. Jacqueline Rouse, Georgia State University
Dr. Natanya Duncan, Morgan State University
Dr. Maurice Edwards, Dean of Social Work, University of Georgia

October 26, 2012 CHURCH, FAMILY & UPLIFT Some Efforts of American Negroes for Their Own Social Betterment (1897 & 1909); Morals and Manners (1914); The Negro Church (1903); The Family (1908)
All Seminars will be held from 12:00noon to 2:00pm in the Thomas Cole Research Center.

Dr. Charmayne Patterson, CAU History
Dr. Latangela Coleman-Crossfield, CAU History
Dr. Shirley White, CAU History Department
Dr. Phillip Dunston, CAU Religion
Dr. Makungu Akinyela, Georgia State University

November 23, 2012 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS The Negro in Business (1899); Business and Business Education (1947, Joseph Pierce Ed.); Economic Cooperation (1907 & 1917)
All Seminars will be held from 12:00noon to 2:00pm in the Thomas Cole Research Center.

Dr. Lydia McKinley-Floyd, Dean CAU School of Business
Dr. Ajamu Nyomba, CAU Economics
Dr. Donald Vest, CAU International Business
Dr. Carol Anderson, Emory African American Studies and History
Dr. Frederick Knight, Morehouse History Department Chair

January 23, 2013 EDUCATION College Bred Negro (1900 & 1910); The Common School (1901 & 1911)
All Seminars will be held from 12:00noon to 2:00pm in the Thomas Cole Research Center.

Dr. Sean Warner, Dean, CAU School of Education
Dr. Noren Moffett, CAU Education
Dr. Isabel Jenkins, CAU Honors Program
Dr. Josephine Bradley, CAU Africana Women’s and African American Studies
Dr. Kurt Young, CAU Alumni, Associate Professor Political Science & African American Studies

February 22, 2013 BLACK FOLK, THEN & NOW The Negro (1915); Black Folk, Then and Now (1939)
All Seminars will be held from 12:00noon to 2:00pm in the Thomas Cole Research Center.