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Hunt Davis to deliver keynote lecture for conference
and Nelson Mandela exhibit viewing, Feb. 6
The theme for the joint annual conference is “Journeys of Reconciliation: The New South, the New South Africa and Nelson Mandela”
(Chapel Hill, N.C. – Feb. 2, 2015) – Hunt Davis, professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Florida, will deliver a keynote lecture on Friday, Feb. 6 in conjunction with a joint annual conference of the South Eastern Regional Seminar on African Studies (SERSAS) and the Southeast Africanist Network (SEAN), hosted by the UNC African Studies Center, Feb. 6-7.
The theme for the conference is “Journeys of Reconciliation: The New South, the New South Africa and Nelson Mandela.” Faculty, emerging scholars, graduate and advanced undergraduate students are invited to attend the conference.
The conference will kick off with a free public reception and viewing of the exhibition “Remembering Nelson Mandela: From South Africa to Chapel Hill” at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6 followed by Hunt’s lecture at 7 p.m. Events will be held at the FedEx Global Education Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Davis received his undergraduate degree from Grinnell College and completed his master’s and doctorate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also editor-in-chief of the UF Center for African Studies online journal, the African Studies Quarterly. Davis’s research interests include the history of modern Africa and the history of agriculture, education and development in Africa. Davis’s research focuses on South Africa and its political history.
The exhibit features limited-edition prints by Nelson Mandela and University archival material from Chapel Hill between 1963 and 1990, the same 27 years Nelson Mandela was imprisoned. The sketches, narratives and photographs on display document part of the global struggle for human and civil rights.
Additional information can be found on the conference website. The keynote lecture is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required to attend the Saturday conference programming.
“Remembering Nelson Mandela: From South Africa to Chapel Hill” opened Nov. 3, 2014, and will remain on display through Feb. 20, 2015 at the UNC FedEx Global Education Center, 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill. Additional information about the exhibit is available on the UNC Global website.
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UNC Global contact: Katie Bowler Young, (919) 962-4504, kby@unc.edu
Exhibit contact: Ingrid Smith, (919) 962-0299, ingrid.smith@unc.edu