MESDA Saturday Seminar: "tell me your names..." Images and Artifacts of the African American Story
February 11, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m
In sessions moderated by Anthony Parent, Professor of History at Wake Forest University, authors Maurie D. McInnis, Daniel K. Ackermann, Preddie L. Parker, Tekla Johnson, and Leland Ferguson present new perspectives on the African American story in Salem and the South.
Speakers
Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade
Maurie D. McInnis, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Art History, University of Virginia
Stealing a Little Freedom: Slave Runaways in North Carolina, 1775-1840
Freddie L. Parker, Professor of History, North Carolina Central University
Exploring African American Archives
Tekla Agbala Ali Johnson, Assistant Professor of History, Salem College
Landscape, Religion and Race in Moravian Wachovia and the South: Book Reading and Discussion
Leland Ferguson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of South Carolina
New Stories from Old Objects: Finding the African American Story at MESDA
Daniel K. Ackermann, Associate Curator, MESDA
Cost
$65 / $55 for Friends of MESDA (Cost includes all sessions, seminar materials, and lunch)
Registration
Space is limited. Pre-registration is required to ensure a place. To register or to receive a brochure please call 336-721-7360 or email MESDAPrograms@oldsalem.org.
About MESDA Saturday Seminars
MESDA’s Saturday Seminar series presents new insights in Southern Decorative Arts. This fall’s series will explore the Portraiture in the Early South on October 1, the Decorative Arts of Drink on November 12, 2011, Southern Longrifles and Powderhorns on January 28, 2012, and Images and Artifacts of the African American Story on February 11. Registration for each Saturday Seminar is $65 ($55 for Friends of MESDA or Old Salem); registration for two seminars is $120 ($100 for Friends). For more information, or to register, call 336-721-7360, or email MESDAPrograms@oldsalem.org.
