Cosby Chair Culminating Events
Cosby Chair Presents 'Hottentot to Hip Hop'
Exploring provocative images and lively topics ranging from the infamous Hottentot Venus to singer Janet Jackson and actress Whoopi Goldberg, Lisa E. Farrington, Ph.D., presents "Hottentot to Hip Hop: The Black Female Body in Art and Visual Culture," on Friday, March 28, in the Cosby Academic Center Auditorium.
The culminating event of Dr. Farrington, 2007-2008 Cosby Endowed Chair in Humanities, "Hottentot to Hip Hop" features renowned specialists in Black visual culture and a museum tour of the acclaimed exhibition, "Cinema Remixed and Reloaded."
In addition to Dr. Farrington, guest speakers include: Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, Ph.D., C'93, director of the Spelman Museum of Fine Art; Michael D. Harris, art history professor, Emory University; Kimberly Wallace Sanders, professor of American Studies at Emory University; Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, C'66, director of the Women's Research & Resource Center; Spelman English professor Dr. Tarshia Stanley; and Marta Reid Stewart, museum studies director, Duke Ellington School for the Arts. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be served.
