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Location:
Campus of Howard University,
Blackburn Center Auditorium, Thursday, September 25, 2003
School of Business Auditorium, Friday and Saturday, September
26-27, 2003
Keynote
Speaker: Dr. Margaret Washington, Cornell University
(topic on Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth). Dr. Washington's
talk will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday evening, followed by a
reception and Douglass exhibit
Range
of Papers: Douglass and the politics of gender; Douglass
as diplomat, as traveler, as family man and business man.
Registration:
free to the public, but registration online is recommended.
Tour
is free to public; advance registration required; first come-first
serve basis. Please email Ms. Donna Wells at dwells@howard.edu
for additional information.
Luncheons for September 25, 26 and 27, tickets
required; must purchase in advance. Fees for the luncheons are
listed on the online registration form. Make checks payable to Frederick
Douglass Conference and send to :
Frederick
Douglass Conference
Department of History
Howard University
2441 Sixth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059
Purpose
of the Conference: A partnership between Howard University
and the University of Rochester to promote new scholarship on
Frederick Douglass.
Made
possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Also supported by a number of departments and administrative offices
at Howard University, including: Graduate School, History, English,
Psychology, Afro-American Studies, Moorland-Spingarn, Research
Center, Office of the Provost, School of Business.
For more information, call Edna Greene Medford, conference coordinator,
email: emedford@howard.edu
Telephone: (202)-806-9370 |