From Harlem to Hip-hop: African-American History, Literature, and Song

FAIN: ES-250955-16

Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT 06824-5195)
Laura R. Nash (Project Director: February 2016 to February 2025)

A three-week institute for thirty schoolteachers to study African-American culture, from the Harlem Renaissance through hip hop, through history, literature, and music.

Fairfield University proposes a three-week summer Institute for school teachers. The scholars will present a range of perspectives on an interdisciplinary topic titled "From Harlem to Hip-hop: African-American History, Literature, and Song." The Institute includes training in the implementation of digital humanities as a means for conveying Institute content to students.