The Harriet Tubman African American Museum located in Macon, Georgia

Workshops & Lectures

The Ellen Craft Memorial Lecture Series was held on May 10^th and 11^th, hosted by the Tubman Museum and Mercer University. The Georgia Humanities Council provided grant funding to support this educational workshop. Pictured left to right, back row: Dr. Andy Ambrose, Executive Director with the Tubman Museum, Anita Ponder, Director of Education with the Tubman Museum, Dr. Chester Fontenot, Director of the Africana Studies Department at Mercer University; front row: Derrilyn Morrison, Associate Professor with Macon State College, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, Jessica Stephenson, Associate Curator of African and Ancient American Art and Emory University’s Michael C. Museum.

 

The Ellen Craft Memorial Lecture Series
“Reconsidering the African Diaspora: African Influences in American Life”

Hosted by Mercer University Medical School Auditorium & Tubman Museum

 

This annual lecture series will be held in conjunction with the premier exhibit “African Art from the Tubman’s Museum Collection”. The focus of the lecture series will be on the African influences on modern American culture and will serve as an introductory event for the Tubman’s 13th Annual Pan African Festival of Georgia to be held April 24th-26th, 2009. Scholars will explore several aspects of culture including literature, art, food, historical aspects of the African Diaspora and the Gullah/Greece culture.

 

 

April 10, 2009
6:30-7:00 Opening Reception, Mercer University Medical School Auditorium
7:00-8:30 Keynote Lecture, Q&A
               Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation
               Topic: African Influences in Gullah/Geechee culture.

April 11, 2009
10:00 - 11:30 Special tour of African Art exhibit at Tubman Museum led by Dr. Jessica Taplin-Stephenson, Associate Curator of African and Ancient American Art @ Emory University's Michael Carlos Museum

11:30-1:00- Lunch featuring American cuisines influenced by African culture, Tubman Museum

1:30-4:30  Panel Discussion, Mercer University Medical School Auditorium
Panelists:
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation
Dr. Jessica Taplin-Stephenson, Associate Curator of African and Ancient Art @ Emory University's Michael Carlos Museum
Dr. Derrilyn Morrison, Associate Professor Macon State College
Moderated by Dr. Chester Fontenot, Jr, Director of the Africana Studies Department at Mercer University