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Samuel H. Shannon Distinguished Lecture Series

Expanding听Our听Intellectual Community

The听Shannon Lecture Series is named in honor of Dr. Samuel H. Shannon (1934-2003), who served on the TSU history faculty for over 30 years. Dr. Shannon was an accomplished scholar and contributed to the intellectual life of the university by regularly inviting distinguished colleagues to campus to provide guest lectures for students and faculty. Under his leadership, the department's lecture series evolved from a voluntary effort to a funded program of the university.

The goal of the听Lecture Series is to bring to the university scholars who exemplify excellence in teaching and scholarship in the fields of history, geography, and political science. The series supports students by enriching classroom learning, connects faculty members with colleagues in their disciplines, and serves the local community by bringing speakers of national renown to Nashville.

In each of these goals, the lecture series strives to realize the vision of Dr. Shannon that the university becomes an inquiring, creative, and collaborative community of student and faculty scholars.

2018-2019 LECTURES AND SPEAKERS

鈥淩efugee and Immigrant Resettlement Strategies in Nashville鈥檚 Burgeoning Ethnic Mosaic鈥�
Dr. James Chaney, Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Human Geography, Middle 91制片厂, November 8, 2018.

"Teacher Education,听Brown听and Educational Experiences of听Black听Students"听
Dr. Richard Milner, Professor of Education and Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University (Peabody College), February 13, 2019.

鈥淩evising the Narrative: Exploring the lives and impact of two Syrian women on the emergence of Protestantism in Ottoman Syria.鈥�
Dr. Christine Lindner, Assistant Professor of History, Murray State University, March 14, 2019.

鈥淓xploring American Social Movements, 1820s-1970s鈥�
Dr. Nancy Hewitt, Emeritus Professor of History and Women鈥檚 Studies, Rutgers University, March 22, 2019.

2017-2018 LECTURES AND SPEAKERS

鈥淐onstructing Meaning in Performances of Black Gospel Music on the Global Stage鈥�
Dr. Portia Maultsby, Professor Emerita of Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, November 9, 2017.

鈥淏linded by the Whites: Why Race Still Matters in 21st-Century America鈥�
Dr. David Ikard, Professor and Director of African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University, February 22, 2018.

鈥淒iplomacy in Action:听 Frederick Douglass, U.S. Minister to Haiti鈥�
Dr. Alison Mann, Public Historian at the U.S. Diplomacy Center, U.S. Department of State, March 1, 2018 .

鈥淎frica: The Political Ecology of Sustainable Development鈥�
Dr. Tadesse Kidane-Mariam, retired Emeritus Professor of Geography, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, April 6, 2018.

2016-2017听LECTURES AND SPEAKERS

鈥淩endered Invisible: Hidden Histories in Culture and Film鈥�
Dr. Frank E. Dobson, Jr., Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Vanderbilt University, February 15, 2017.

"Felon Disfranchisement and the History of American Citizenship"
Pippa Holloway, Associate Professor of History, Middle 91制片厂, March 21, 2017.

鈥淕entrification and the Politics of Inclusion in Nashville鈥�
James Fraser, Associate Professor in the Department of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University (Peabody College) March 30, 2017.

鈥淲hy Africology?鈥�
Victor Okafor, Head of the Department of Africology and African American Studies, Eastern Michigan University, April 7, 2017.

2015-2016听LECTURES AND SPEAKERS

"'Whither Now and Why?' Taking Up W.E.B. Du Bois' Poignant Queries"
Dr. Lucius T. Outlaw (Jr.), Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, February 24, 2016.

"Dreaming Up the Blues: The Birth of Transatlantic Blues Scholarship"
Dr. Christian O'Connell, Senior Lecturer in American History, University of Gloucestershire, March 24, 2016.

"Black Youth Activism and the Reconstruction of America: Leaders, Organization, and Tactics in the 20th Century and Beyond"
Dr. Sekou Franklin, Associate Professor of Political Science, Middle 91制片厂,听April 6, 2016.

"The Strangest Tribe: U.S. Soldiers and Iraqi Culture on the听Battlefield"
Katherine B. Carroll, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University,听April 26, 2016.