tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171417935815711982012-02-16T00:42:29.444-08:00Richard Wright Centennialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03764909337766247112noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617141793581571198.post-61106603484123013142008-06-04T11:24:00.000-07:002008-06-04T11:30:49.753-07:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">February:</span><br /><br /> Feb. 20-24th<br /><br />Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration – Dedicated to Richard Wright<br /><br />Copiah-Lincoln Community College<br /><br />Natchez, Mississippi<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">March:</span><br /><br />March 28-30th -- 8:30 a.m.<br /><br />Conference on Black Writers<br /><br />Medgar Evers College<br /><br />Brooklyn, NY<br /><br /> <br />March 29th -- 4:30 p.m.<br /><br />“Richard Wright at 100: looking backward and forward”<br /><br /> Hosted by the Organization of America Historians<br /><br />Schomburg Center<br /><br />Harlem, NY<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">April:</span><br /><br />April 12th -- 7:30 p.m.<br /><br />Staged Reading of the Paul Green Adaptation of Native Son<br /><br />University of North Carolina<br /><br />Gerrard Hall<br /><br />Chapel Hill, NC<br /><br /><br /><br />April 13th -- 1:00 p.m.<br /><br />Richard Wright Day<br /><br />University of North Carolina<br /><br />Gerrard Hall<br /><br />Chapel Hill, NC<br /><br /><br /><br />April 20-27th<br /><br />Richard Wright Week<br /><br />Various Locations<br /><br />Philadelphia, PA<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">May:</span><br /><br />May 29th -- 7:00 p.m.<br /><br />Village Voice Bookshop<br /><br />Paris, France<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">June:</span><br /><br />June 9th -- 11:45 a.m.<br /><br />“Celebrating the Centennial of Richard Wright, American Author”<br /><br />American Corner: Universita Del Litorale<br /><br />Koper, Slovenia<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />June 11th -- 1:00 p.m.<br /><br />“Celebrating the Centennial of Richard Wright, American Author”<br /><br />Public Library<br /><br />Zagreb, Croatia<br /><br /><br /><br />June 19-21st<br /><br />International Richard Wright Centennial Conference<br /><br />American University of Paris<br /><br />Paris, France<br /><br /><br />June 25th -- 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.<br /><br />Tsuru University<br /><br />Yamanashi, Japan<br /><br /><br /><br />June 28th -- 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.<br /><br />Day 1: Japanese Black Studies Association Conference<br /><br />Hiroshima Jogakuin University<br /><br />Hiroshima, Japan<br /><br /><br /><br />June 29th --- 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.<br /><br />Day 2: Japanese Black Studies Association Conference<br /><br />Hiroshima Jogakuin University<br /><br />Hiroshima, Japan<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">July:</span><br /><br />July 4th<br /><br />Okinawa International University<br /><br />Ginowan City, Okinawa<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">September:</span><br /><br />September 4-12th <br /><br />Jackson Mississippi Richard Wright Week<br /><br />Various Venues<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">October:</span><br /><br />October 1st<br /><br />First DuBois Institute Colloquium – Harvard<br /><br />Cambridge, MA<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/617141793581571198-6110660348412301314?l=richardwright100.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Wright Centennialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03764909337766247112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617141793581571198.post-77128945298237239832008-01-18T06:56:00.000-08:002008-01-18T07:05:35.417-08:00<p><i>This is a working schedule. Events to be updated as confirmed.</i><br /><br /><p>FEBRUARY:<br><br />Natchez, MS Literary and Cinema Celebration<br><br />Feb. 20 - 24 <br /> <br /><p>Jackson, MS Event at Richard Wright Library<br><br />Note: event still to be confirmed.<br /><br /><p>MARCH:<br><br />Medgar Evers College in NYC -- Conference of Black Writers: March 28-30 <br /><br /><p>Schomberg Center for Research Panel Event<br><br />March 29 at 4:30 PM<br /><br /><p>APRIL:<br><br />Chapel Hill/UNC<br><br />April 13th<br><br /> <br /><p>Texas Library Association Black Caucus: April 17 <br /><br /><p>Philadelphia Richard Wright week Apr 21 - Apr 27 (Richard Wright Day is April 27)<br /><br /><p>JUNE:<br><br />University of Kansas – Summer Institute on How to Teach Wright<br><br />Note: event still to be confirmed.<br /><br /><p>Richard Wright Reading Circles<br><br />The American University in Paris conference<br><br />June 19<br /><br /><p>Seminar in Hiroshima, Japan, sponsored by the Japanese Black Studies Association: end of June <br /><br /><p>SEPT:<br><br />September 4 to 12: Jackson Richard Wright week at various venues.<br /><br /><p>OCT:<br><br />Dubois Institute / Harvard<br><br />1st week in October<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/617141793581571198-7712894529823723983?l=richardwright100.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Wright Centennialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03764909337766247112noreply@blogger.com0