Events

25 June

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Bright Lights Online: Documentary Photographer of the Year

Organizer

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

Email

lahum@leh.org

Location

Virtual

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Events Page

Documentary Photographer of the Year 

Friday, June 25, 11 a.m.  

Photographer Abdul Aziz in Conversation with C. J. Hunt 

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Join the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and C. J. Hunt for a conversation with Abdul Aziz, the LEH’s Documentary Photographer of the Year. Aziz, a conflict photographer who has captured scenes of discord in Somalia and the Gaza Strip, has recently turned his lens on scenes of social and political unrest across Louisiana and beyond. Capturing the widespread protests against police brutality and the movement for social and racial justice, Aziz’s photography forms a record of our time with deep roots in American history.

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09 July

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Bright Lights Online: Humanities Book of the Year

Organizer

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

Email

lahum@leh.org

Location

Virtual

Category

Events Page

Humanities Book of the Year 

Friday, July 9, 11 a.m. 

Katrina, a History, 1915–2015 Author Andy Horowitz in Conversation with Jarvis DeBerry  

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Join the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Jarvis DeBerry for a Bright Lights Online conversation with historian Andy Horowitz, whose book Katrina, A History: 1915–2015 is the 2021 Humanities Book of the Year. In this in-depth look at one of America’s most destructive disasters, Horowitz finds the seeds of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath nurtured over the course of the preceding century.

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16 July

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Bright Lights Online: Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities

Organizer

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

Email

lahum@leh.org

Location

Virtual

Category

Events Page

Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities 

Friday, July 16, 11 a.m. 

Remembering Frank de Caro: A Conversation with Folklorists Barry Jean Ancelet, Marcia Gaudet, Nick Spitzer, and Robin Roberts 

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Join the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and folklorists Barry Jean Ancelet, Marcia Gaudet, Robin Roberts, and Nick Spitzer for a Bright Lights Online conversation about Lifetime Contributions to the Humanities awardee Frank de Caro. De Caro, a nationally renowned folklorist who was particularly active in Louisiana, served as first chairman and past president of the Louisiana Folklore Society. In these roles and through his writing he was instrumental in developing today’s vibrant Louisiana folklife community. His last book, Downtown Mardi Gras: New Carnival Practices in Post-Katrina New Orleans, co-authored with Robin Roberts and Leslie A. Wade, was released in 2019 shortly before his passing in spring 2020 of COVID-19.

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23 July

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Bright Lights Online: Light Up For Literacy

Organizer

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

Email

lahum@leh.org

Location

Virtual

Category

Events Page

Light Up for Literacy 

Friday, July 23, 11 a.m. 

Teacher and Literacy Advocate Pat Austin in Conversation with Sarah DeBacher 

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Join the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Sarah DeBacher for a Bright Lights Online conversation with 2021 Light Up for Literacy awardee Pat Austin. Austin, who has spent decades fostering a love of reading and literature in generations of students, teachers, and librarians in training, currently serves as curator for the Children’s Literature Collection at the University of New Orleans.  

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