Keith Mayes

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African American & African Studies 827 Soc Sci

Department Affiliations

Alternative Observances: Kwanzaa and the Black Holiday Tradition. Mayes, Keith A, Routledge, Author, 2009.
Civil Rights and Black Power: The Struggle for Black Equality in the United States. Mayes, Keith A, Routledge, Author, 2009.
A Holiday of Our Own: Kwanzaa, Cultural Nationalism, and the Promotion of a Black Power Holiday. Mayes, Keith A, 2005.
Kwanzaa and the African-American Holiday Tradition. Mayes, Keith A, 2005.

"Race Rituals: Kwanzaa and the Urban Origins of Black Power Holiday in the United States," American Historical Association, Chicago, IL: 2003
"Kwanzaa, the Us Organization, and Historical Memory," Oral History Association, San Diego, CA: 2002
Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of African-American & African Studies, University of Minnesota
Master of Ceremony, AIDS Awareness Conference, Department of African-American & African Studies, University of Minnesota
University Faculty Senate: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities , September 2003
"Augmenting Citizenship, Overhauling Democracy: The African-American Quest for Freedom and Equality in the United States": Bridge for American History Lecture Series, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN , February 2004

President's Multicultural Research Award, University of Minnesota, 2003 - 2004
Woodrow Wilson Scholars, Graduate Fellow, Princeton University, 2000 - 2002
Program in African-American Studies, Research grant, Princeton University, 2000 - 2001
Center for Arts & Cultural Policy Studies, Graduate Affiliate, Princeton University, 1999 - 2001

Gary Cohen Awarded Austrian Medal of Honor

Gary Cohen has been awarded the Austrian Medal of Honor (Verdienstkreuz) for Science and Arts, First Class. The ceremony was held at the Austrian Embassy in Washington. He was presented the award by Dr. Christian Prosl, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States.
Congratulations to Gary! This is a much-deserved recognition of Gary's scholarship on the Habsburg Empire and his leadership of the Center for Austrian Studies.
November 17th, 2009
Regina Kunzel, Lambda Literary Award Recipient

Regina Kunzel has been awarded the Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Studies for her book Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality. Congratulations Regina.
June 5th, 2009
Donna Gabaccia, Fesler-Lampert Chair

Tthe Graduate School has appointed Donna Gabaccia to the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Public Humanities for 2009-2010.
June 5th, 2009