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Space is Limited, Register

by March 9, 2011

This event is free and open to

the public public

In Honor of Black History Month and

Women’s History Month

We are pleased to announce

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

9:00-2:30

Keynote Address:

Dr. Kokahvah Zauditu-Selassie Associate Professor of Humanities

2010 Fulbright Scholar to Cote D’Ivoire

Coppin State University

Seminar Theme: Studies of History, Advocacy, and Agency in Community:

Fanny Jackson Coppin and the Self-Emancipated Life

This interdisciplinary research seminar1 allows faculty to introduce their scholarship (discipline specific OR community driven) within the context of Fanny Jackson Coppin’s autobiography, Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching (1913)

[docsouth.unc.edu/neh/jacksonc/jackson.html]. The seminar is free and includes lunch. Pre-registration and an abstract of

research (past or current) are required. Presenters have 10-15 minutes. All participants must present.

Tentative Schedule

9:00: Welcome and Introduction

9:30-10:00: Opening remarks on the life and legacy of Fanny Jackson Coppin

10:00-1:00: Seminar Presentations/Lunch

1:00-2:00: Keynote Address

2:00-2:30: Closing remarks on the seminar and the life and legacy of Fanny Jackson

Coppin/Adjourn

Dr. Kokavah Zauditu-Selassie is associate professor of English at Coppin State University, Baltimore. She had her paper,

"Redistributing Justice and Balancing the Scales of Truth: An Examination of Law in the Novels of Toni Morrison" accepted

for the 2009 Conference of the American Literature Association, (Boston, May, 2009). She is the author of African Spiritual

Traditions in the Novels of Toni Morrison (University of Florida Press, 2009). This work has received critical praise: "Zauditu-

Selassie is uniquely positioned to write this book, as she is not only a literary critic but also a practicing Obatala priest in the

Yoruba spiritual tradition and a Mama Nganga in the Kongo spiritual system. She analyzes tensions between communal and

individual values and moral codes as represented in Morrison's novels. She also uses interviews with and nonfiction written by

Morrison to further build her critical paradigm."

Sponsored by: The Department of History, Geography, and Global Studies, The Fanny Jackson Coppin Digital History Institute

(FJCDHI), The Society of African Women Scholars, Coppin State University, 2500 W. North Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21216

1 Supported by a grant from The CSU Office of Academic Affairs and the Faculty Research & Development Committee (FR&DC). Co-sponsored by

The School of Arts and Sciences: History, Geography and Global Studies, Humanities, Mathematics and Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Visual and Performing Arts; other schools/departments are welcomed to participate.

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The Fanny J. Coppin Research Seminar Saturday, March 12, 2011

Pre-Registration

(ends March 9, 2011)

Name: _______________________________________________________

Job Title: ____________________________________________________

Department: ________________________________________________

School/Company: __________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________ Email: _______________________________________________________

Phone: _______________________________________________________

Title of Presentation: _______________________________________

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST REGISTER AND PRESENT ON PAST OR CURRENT RESEARCH

SCHOLARS HAVE 10-15 MINUTES TO OUTLINE THEIR RESEARCH

Return the Pre-Registration form to:

Department of History, Geography and Global Studies Coppin State University

Grace Jacobs Building Room 409 2500 W. North Avenue

Baltimore, Maryland 21216-3698 [email protected]

Supported by a grant from The CSU Office of Academic Affairs and the Faculty Research & Development Committee (FR&DC)

File: Seminar 2011 In Honor of Women/CSU Flash/FRDC Luncheon 2010

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