Voyages of Discovery: Sallie Southall Cotten Lecture
Event Start Date:
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Event End Date:
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Time:
7 p.m.
Where:
Wright Auditorium
Summary:
Trudier Harris' talk, "Little Old Ladies and the Last Word: An Exploration of Sassiness and Risque Behavior in African American Folklore," is the Sallie Southall Cotten Lecture, part of the 2009-10 Voyages of Discovery series.
Details:
Trudier Harris taught at the College of William and Mary for six years before joining the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has lectured and published widely in her specialty areas of African-American literature and folklore. In addition to lecturing throughout the United States, she has lectured in Jamaica, Canada, and many European countries. In 2005, Harris won the UNC System Board of Governors' Award for Excellence in Teaching, as well as the John Hurt Fisher Award of the South Atlantic Association of Departments of English (SAADE), for the outstanding contributions she has made to the field of English scholarship throughout her career.
Complementary tickets are available to students, faculty and staff, and are $10 for the general public, with the exception of the Jarvis Lecture, which is free to all attendees. Tickets may be obtained through the Central Ticket Office at 252-328-4788, 1-800-ECU-ARTS, or (voice/TTY) 252-328-4736.
