15716: Beckett: Katherine Dunham in Chicago (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Greg Beckett <beckett@uchicago.edu>

Katherine Dunham will be giving a public lecture in Chicago on Friday June
6. There will also be a small conference that afternoon honoring her work.
The details are below.

Katherine Dunham
Anthropologist, Artist, Activist

Katherine Dunham will be returning to the University of Chicago to deliver a
public lecture on her current efforts to convert a 50-acre ³urban forest² in
the middle of Haiti¹s capital city into a botanical garden. Ms. Dunham will
speak about this project, the forest, and her life-long relationship with
the people and spirits of Haiti. Please join us for this special event!

FRIDAY JUNE 6, 2003

10:30 a.m. ­ 12:00    p.m.
Public Lecture by Ms. Katherine Dunham
with Cameron Brohman (Director, Katherine Dunham Foundation)
Introduction by Gage Averill (New York University)

Assembly Room, International House

3:00 p.m. ­ 5:00 p.m.
Academic Conference

Moderator:
Stephan Palmié (University of Chicago)

Panelists:
Andrew Apter (University of Chicago)
Joyce Aschenbrenner (Southern Illinois University)
Drexel Woodson (University of Arizona)
Karen McCarthy Brown (Drew University)

Home Room, International House

ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PRE-REGISTRATION REQUESTED FOR ACADEMIC
CONFERENCE IN AFTERNOON (at CLAS@uchicago.edu). PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OR
NEEDING EXTRA ASSISTANCE SHOULD CALL I-HOUSE AT (773) 753-2274.




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