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ICC Talk session “A Dream Deferred: African American Liberation Struggles and the Poetic Visions of Langston Hughes” (2018/10) with Mary Louise Patterson

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We are holding a talk session focusing on a legendary African American, representative poet of American literature and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance*, Langston Hughes (1901-67).
(*Harlem Renaissance: The culture movement which was established in Harlem district of Manhattan, New York City by African Americans in the 1920s~1930s.)

The works and activities of Hughes dramatically changed the image of black people which had been created by white writers up to that time. By showing the culture and customs from the point of view of African Americans, his works contributed to the development of African racial identity.

In this talk session, we are inviting Dr. MaryLouise Patterson from America, whose parents were close friends with Hughes, as a guest. Dr. Patterson will speak about the contemporary significance of Hughes’s work, activities and the legacies of her parents’ involvement in the radical black freedom struggle after the Great Depression of the 1930s to the American Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s.

So if you have an interest in the history of American Literature, the Harlem Renaissance, African American culture, the Black People’s Liberation Movement and Langston Hughes, this is your chance to learn more!

Come and join us for this insightful talk session.

Date

October 30, 2018 (Tue) 2:45pm-4:15pm (Doors Open 2:30pm)

Place

Waseda Campus, Bldg. 15 Room 201

Eligibility

Waseda Students, Staff and General Public

Language

Talk in English (Q&A in Japanese & English)

Fee

Free

Registration

Not Required

Lecture Format

School of Education subject “History of American Literature”(Instructor Okajima Kei) extension lecture

Guest Profile

Dr. MaryLouise Patterson
Born in Chicago, she grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Currently a semi-retired pediatrician on clinical staff at Weill-Cornell Medical College in New York City. In 2016, she has published with her friend the “Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and Beyond” (University of California Press) which was a book of letters exchanged over 40 years between their parents and Hughes with added explanations and commentary.

Inquiries

TEL: 03-5286-3990
E-mail:[email protected]

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    WED
    2018

Place

Waseda Campus, Bldg. 15 Room 201

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Tue, 09 Oct 2018

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