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2006-07 Events
Summer 2007
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June 22, 2007: Heritage
Studies faculty members and students attended a presentation by
Steve Grauberger, Folklife Specialist with the Alabama Center
for Traditional Culture. Steve worked on a contract at the Pike
Pioneer Museum in Troy, Alabama from 1995-1997, doing folklife
fieldwork in a ten county area in Southeast Alabama. Grauberger did
his thesis field research for one year on a Fulbright Scholarship in
the Phillipines, documenting the
Filipino diatonic harp. He received both his BA music and MA
music degrees in ethnomusicology from the University of Hawaii at
Manoa.
Steve presented
results from his research on Alabama's musical traditions,
discussion of specific musical forms that he's researched, including
old-time music, blues, and Sacred Harp singing. He also provided
special focus on the use of digital recording technology and
web-based forms of media presentation and focused on
how he's using digital
recording equipment in doing fieldwork in Alabama. In addition, he
showed examples of ways in which this research is presented through
interactive media and digital recording, as well as examples of the
content of what the Alabama Folk Arts Program has been documenting.
Steve made himself available for questions following the
presentation and talked about what to look for in selecting new
recoding technology for fieldwork and media production.
L-R: Dr. Brady Banta, Simon Hosken, Professor
Alex Brown, Lenore Shoults, Dr. Gregory Hansen, Dr. Clyde A. Milner II,
(seated) Steve Grauberger |
Fall 2006
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Minnijean Brown Trickey visits ASU campus |
Minnijean Brown Trickey, recipient of the Mary
Gay Shipley Writing Fellowship in Heritage Studies and member of the "Little
Rock Nine", made a surprise visit with Dr. Janelle Collins' undergraduate class
on the morning of Friday, October 6th. Minnijean was in town to attend the
lecture by Diane Nash and graciously agreed to meet with the students in Dr.
Collins' class who had been studying "Eyes On The Prize". Minnijean had an
informal conversation with students regarding her struggles during the
desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. During her talk she encouraged
students to "take non-violence as a way of life." She explained to them some of
her reasons for deciding to go Central High School and when asked, "How do you
feel about being considered a legend?", stated that it "blows her mind, and it
is a great responsibility to act what she believes and to spread that news, to
just live it." She also talked about the struggles her parents went through
during that time, and her visit to the Oprah show. For more information about
Minnijean Brown-Trickey and the other members of the Little Rock Nine, please
visit their website at
http://www.littlerock9.com.
Minnijean with Terry Johnson, Heritage Studies
Minnijean gives informal lecture with undergrad students
Fall & Spring,
2005-06 Events
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Encyclopedia of Arkansas Launch May 2, 2006 |
Faculty, Staff, and students at Arkansas State
Univeristy gathered on the 8th floor of the Dean B. Ellis Library to participate
in a launch party and reception for the highly anticipated online version of the
Encyclopedia of Arkansas. The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central
Arkansas Library in Little Rock initiated the reference work. Many members of
the ASU community contributed to the Encyclopedia. Guy Lancaster, Assistant
Editor and student in the Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program at ASU, attended the
event, along with Anna Lancaster, and Mike Polston, Staff Historian. For more
information, please visit the encylcopedia's official website at
Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
Inside ASU article
excerpt:
Dr. Michael Dougan,
History, was the most prolific author in terms of word count, while Dr.
Nancy Hendricks, Alumni Relations, has the most entries. Others in
the ASU family who wrote or reviewed articles or made other contributions
included: Jeff Bailey, Dr. Brady Banta, Mike Bowman, Dr. Richard Burns, Dr.
Deborah Chappel, Dr. William Clements, Dr. Janelle Collins, Dr. Jason Combs,
Deanna Dismukes, Dr. Ruth Hawkins, Van Hawkins, Laura Hodo, Dr. Ellis Julien,
Brenda Keech, Dr. Joseph Key, Terry Johnson, Dr. Robert Lamm, Anna
Lancaster, Dr. Frances Malpezzi, Dr. Clyde Milner, Dr. Bryan Moore, Tom
Moore, Dr. Julie Morrow, Dr. Calvin Smith, Dr. Richard Wang and Cynthia
Wolfe.
L-R) Mike Polston, Staff Historian,
EOA; Guy Lancaster, Assistant Editor, EOA, and Anna Lancaster, Editorial
Asst. EOA ASU contributors include: Katherine Dillion, Mike Bowman, Terry
Johnson, Jeff Bailey, Cynthia Wolfe, Dr. Julie Morrow, Gary Buxton, and Dr. Joseph Key
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Dr. Douglas Boyd
Dr. Douglas Boyd, Program Manager for the Kentucky
Oral History Commission, present his lecture entitled "Digital Archives,
Oral History, and The Civil Rights Movement" on February 9, 2005. Dr.
Boyd received his Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University and
previously served as the Senior Archivist for the oral history and
folklife collections at the Kentucky Historical Society where he managed
an archive of over 8,000 interviews. In addition to his public sector
and academic experience, Dr. Boyd has a background in recording studio
production specializing in digital audio restoration. He currently has
designed the Civil Rights in Kentucky Oral History Project's online
Digital Media Database which provides easy internet access to over 200
hours of audio content and over 10,000 pages of electronic oral history
transcriptions. He has recently submitted for publication a completed
manuscript which focuses on the dynamics between oral history and public
memory. He has also co-authored The Stars of Ballymenone with
folklorist Henry Glassie to be published by Indiana University Press in
the spring of 2006.
Dr. Boyd also conducted a workshop for students of the
Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program and other faculty members. There were
fifteen in attendance at the workshop, including the Dean of the
Library, Dr. George Grant. Dr. Boyd provided an excellent introduction
to digital recording technology.
For additional information about the Kentucky
Historical Society, please visit http://history.ky.gov.
Dr. Douglas Boyd
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Guy Lancaster (Booksigning and Reception)
The Edge Coffeehouse and Heritage Studies program
co-sponsored a booksigning and reception on February 2, 2005 for Guy
Lancaster, Assistant Editor of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and
Culture. His debut novel, published by Chenault & Gray, is entitled "The
Queen of Purgatory." It is a riveting story-part mystery and part
meditation- based in Parkin, Arkansas and three young girls who
encounter what they believe to be The Virgin Mary in a graveyard across
the road from the local museum. Guy Lancaster has also published short
fiction in the Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies and
the Arkansas Literary Forum and is a freelance correspondent for
the Arkansas Catholic, which is the newspaper of the Diocese of
Little Rock.
For more information about the Encyclopedia of
Arkansas History and Culture, please visit the website at
http://www.encylopediaofarkansas.net. The online form of the
Encyclopedia is scheduled for launch on May 2, 2006.
 Guy Lancaster,
Assistant Editor, Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
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Dr. Phillip Deloria
Dr. Phillip Deloria, Author of "Playing Indian",
presented his lecture, "From Nation to Neighborhood: Empire,
Colonialism, and American Indian Studies" in the Drama Theatre of ASU on
January 24, 2005 as part of the annual Fowler Center Lecture-Concert
series. Dr. Deloria is a Professor at the University of Michigan where
he also serves as the director of the program in American Culture. His
book, "Playing Indian," discusses how Americans perceive and mimic
American Indian identities and how those ideas have changed in history
and how Indian people have reacted to the whole idea. In addition, he
has written, edited and contributed to numerous essays and articles. His
research and teaching focus is on the cultural and ideological
intersections of Indian and non-Indian worlds. Dr. Deloria's lecture was
co-sponsored by the Heritage Studies program and the Office of
Diversity. credit: Inside ASUFor additional
information about Dr. Deloria or his program at the University of
Michigan, please visit http://www.umich.edu.
L-R Dr. C. Calvin Smith, Dr. Michael Dougan, Dr.
Phil Deloria, Dr. Clyde Milner, and Dr. Gregory Hansen attend a
reception in honor of Dr. Deloria prior to the lecture.
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Marcie Cohen Ferris Lecture
Marcie Cohen Ferris delivered
the second Corinne Sternheimer Greenfield Lecture for the College
of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her lecture entitled, “Shalom Y’all:
Exploring Jewish Life in the American South" was held on Tuesday November 8, at 7 pm in
the ASU Museum. A reception and book-signing followed on the main
floor.
A native of Blytheville, Arkansas,
Marcie Cohen Ferris earned her bachelor’s degree from Brown University,
her master’s from the College of William and Mary, and a Ph. D. from
George Washington University. A past director of the Museum of the
Southern Jewish Experience in Utica, Mississippi, Dr. Ferris is
currently an assistant professor of American Studies at the University
of North Carolina and associate director of the Carolina Center for
Jewish Studies. Her book, "Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the
Jewish South", was published in November by the University of North
Carolina Press.
It is especially appropriate that
Dr. Ferris appeared on our campus in conjunction with the Corinne Sternheimer Greenfield Lecture. This annual event honors a woman born
to Jewish parents in Jonesboro 109 years ago. Dr. Ferris’ topic also
related to an initiative within the College of Humanities and Social
Sciences. The College has a proposal moving forward that would establish
a minor in the field of religious studies.
credit: Dr. Carol A. O'Connor,
Associate Dean, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Marcie Cohen
Ferris
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Please follow the links at
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articles for previous years' special events and
public lectures hosted by the Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program.
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