Sharon Holland, professor of African American Studies at Northwestern University, will speak at Denison in a lecture titled "The African American Diaspora in Indian Country" at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday (Nov. 1) in the Burton-Morgan lecture hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Holland earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton in Afro-American Studies and English and a doctorate from the University of Michigan in English language and literature. Previous teaching assignments include positions at the University of Illinois, SUNY Albany, and Stanford, where she was awarded the Sinclair Drake Teaching Award and was appointed a Dean's Fellow in the Humanities.

Holland is the co-author of "Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: the African Diaspora in Indian Country," and "Raising the Dead: Death and (Black) Subjectivity in Twentieth Century Literature and Culture." She also is an expert on author Zora Neale Hurston and has presented papers on Hurston's seminal novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," which appeared in "All About Zora" in 1991.

The Women's Studies Program, Black Studies, and the Laura C. Harris "Gendered Borders" Program are sponsors of this event.

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CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville --The Laura C. Harris "Gendered Borders" Program presents Professor Sharon Holland speaking on "The African American Diaspora in Indian Country"; 4:30 p.m., Wednesday (Nov. 1), Burton Morgan Lecture Hall (150 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. Contact 740-587-6297 to confirm information.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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