“Zora Neale Hurston and Afro-Caribbean Religion: Scholarly Curiosity or Spiritual Identity?”
Dr. Betty L. Hart, Professor, University of Southern Indiana
Dr. Cheryl Anne Nelson, Assistant Professor, Community College of Philadelphi

Hart, Betty

Hart, Betty L, Dr

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Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

WATCHING GOD AND READING HURSTON AN INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 19 – 22, 2012  CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY, STUDENT CENTER (SC)* EUCLID AVENUE AT EAST 22ND STREET *Unless otherwise noted.    PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Revised September 5, 2012 – Program Subject to Change  For updates, please visit http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/hurston/.  Tuesday, September 18th   *Special Pre-Conference Event: Live Interview with Dr. Cheryl A. Wall  12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  “Around Noon” with Dee Perry, 90.3 FM WCPN ideastream®  Wednesday, September 19th 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  On-Site Registration; Information Fair, SC Ballroom A 8:45 a.m.   Continental Breakfast, SC Ballroom A 9:45 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.  Conference Papers, SC 313      “Wonderfully and Fearfully Made: Sacred/Secular Portraits of the       Preacher in Zora Neale Hurston’s Jonah’s Gourd Vine and King Vidor’s       Hallelujah”      Dr. Leslie Wingard, Assistant Professor, College of Wooster        "Zora, Sigmund and Me: (Re)Reading Black American Modernism"       Dr. Adrienne Gosselin, Associate Professor, Cleveland State University        11:00 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.  Information Fair and Book-Signing, SC Ballroom A   12:15 p.m.  - 1:20 p.m.  Public Keynote Lecture, SC Ballroom D       “‘Spirit Work’ in Their Eyes Were Watching God”       Dr. Cheryl A. Wall, Rutgers University       The Board of Governors Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English         1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.  Luncheon and Networking, SC – Viking Marketplace EXCURSION*  2:40 p.m. - 3:00  p.m.  Travel by Tour Bus to Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA)   3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.  CMA Gallery Tour Highlighting Works by African Americans Artists   5:00 p.m. - 6:24 p.m.  Documentary Video: “Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun” (84 minutes)   6:30 p.m. - 6:40 p.m.  Board Bus for Travel to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)   6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.  Public Reception, Book-Signing, and Book Talk Featuring Dr. Cheryl A. Wall      CWRU, Wolstein Research Building, 2103 Cornell Road      Dr. Marilyn Mobley, Host      Vice President for Inclusion, Diversity & Equal Opportunity   8:40 p.m.—9:00  p.m.   Return Trip to CSU Thursday, September 20th     8:30 a.m.—2:00 p.m.  Registration Continues; Information Fair, SC Ballroom A   8:45 a.m.   Continental Breakfast, SC Ballroom A    9:00 a.m.— 9:55 a.m.  Documentary Film: “A Heart with Room for Every Joy,” SC Ballroom C    10:00 a.m. ---11:00 a.m. Conference Papers, SC 315       “Zora Neale Hurston and Caribbean-U.S. Crosscurrents in Literature and       Culture”       Dr. Jeff Karem, Professor, Cleveland State University              "Hoodoo in Zora Neale Hurston's Fiction and Folklore."       Dr. Pearlie Mae Peters, Professor, Rider University  11:00  a.m.—12: 05 p.m. Information Fair and Book-Signing, SC Ballroom A   12:15 p.m. — 1:45 p.m.  Conference Papers, SC 313      “Voodoo and the Black Vernacular as Weapons of Resistance:       Liberation Strategies in Their Eyes Were Watching God”                    Dr. Babacar M’Baye, Associate Professor, Kent State University       “Love and Marriage in Their Eyes Were Watching God and Tell My        Horse”       Dr. Jennifer Freeman Marshall, Assistant Professor, Purdue University  1:45 p.m. — 2:35 p.m.  Luncheon and Networking, SC - Viking Marketplace  2:45 p.m. — 3:45 p.m.  Special Faculty Lecture, SC 313       “Zora Neale Hurston and African American Religion in New Orleans”       Dr. Kathy Curnow, Associate Professor, Cleveland State University        Break      6:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m.  Public Reception and Performing Arts,  Trinity Cathedral *         “In the Tradition of Zora Neale Hurston: African American Folktales”       Presented by the Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers              Anita Peeples, Pianist       Cleveland State University, Graduate Student        Clarence Tate, Pianist       Cleveland State University Undergraduate Student      Friday, September 21st  8:30 a.m.—2:00 p.m.  Registration Continues; Information Fair, SC Ballroom A 8:45 a.m.   Continental Breakfast, SC Ballroom A 9:45 a.m.—10: 50 a.m.  Conference Papers, SC 313      “Zora Neale Hurston and Afro-Caribbean Religion: Scholarly Curiosity       or Spiritual Identity?”      Dr. Betty L. Hart, Professor, University of Southern Indiana      Dr. Cheryl Anne Nelson, Assistant Professor, Community College of       Philadelphia   Friday, September 21st   (Continued)   11 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.  Conference Paper, SC 315       “From Zora Neale to Missionary Mary: Aesthetics of Faith and Freedom        in Black Folk Art Folklore, and Literature”       Dr. Ada McKenzie, Assistant Professor, College of the Bahamas   12:15 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.  Conference Paper, SC 313             “Zora Neale Hurston and Ishmael Reed: Syncretizing Moses with        ‘Sympathetic’ Rhetoric”        Dr. Gillian Johns, Associate Professor, Oberlin College    1:30 p.m.—2:35 p.m.  Luncheon and Networking, SC – Viking Marketplace   2:45 p.m. –4:00 p.m.  Screening of Documentary Film: “Zora Is My Name,” SC Ballroom C        Break   6:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m.  Reception, Art Exhibit, and Performing Arts,  MU G15 (large pyramid)       Special Guests: Hue People Vocal Ensemble and        The Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers       Nina Kidd, pianist    Saturday, September 22nd   11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  A Choral Music Workshop       Free Admission, Advance Registration Required        “The Music of the African American Church”         BYOH!  (Bring Your Own Hymnal!)       Ms. Beverly J. Brown, Program Director, Rainey Institute       *Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch, Cleveland Public Library  ************************************************************************************************** POST-CONFERENCE PROGRAM  Saturday, September 29th  6:00 p.m. - 8 p.m.  The Spiritual Gifts Choir in Concert at Mount Zion of Oakwood Village   ************************************************************************************************** RELATED COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES   • Hurston Book Displays at Cleveland Public Library Branches • Hurston Book Discussions and Storytelling at Community Venues • Harvest Time 2012 Choral Music Workshop Sessions, September 10, 17, and 24, Trinity Cathedral, 5:30 p.m. • Book Discussion, Warrensville Heights Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library on September 29th, Noon • Read-In and Teach-In Activities for the Global Community • Teacher Workshop in October 2012, sponsored by ideastream® and John Carroll University     

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