News and Events
Conference to Honor Professor Winston Napier
Plans are underway for a conference to honor the intellectual contributions of Professor Winston Napier and to commemorate the significance of the African American Intellectual Culture Series that he initiated and nurtured for over ten years at Clark University. To be held February 27-28, 2009, during Black History Month, the conference will focus on the contributions of African American intellectual culture to advancing and broadening the study of Blacks in America, to deepening our understanding of race through the lenses of humanities, and to laying a sophisticated and multi-faceted groundwork for social and political action. Panels at the conference will include topics such as the role of the intellectual in African American culture, literary theory and African American Studies, the historical legacy of Black Arts, and explorations of gender identity in a racialized context. The keynote speaker for the conference will be Dr. Karla F.C. Holloway, who is the James B. Duke Professor of English and Professor of Law at Duke University. Dr. Holloway, who spoke at Clark early in the African American Intellectual Culture Series, also holds appointments in Women’s Studies and African & African American Studies. The author of six books, her most recent is BookMarks: Readings in Black and White-A Memoir (Rutgers University Press, 2006).
2008 Annual Alum Day & Chowder Fest
Every year the English Department, in conjunction with Clark’s Alumni-In-Residence event, serves up hearty soups and clam chowder as part of an evening discussion with distinguished alumni who once studied English in our department. This year’s speakers were:
Ivan Lipton, BA ‘78. Ivan Lipton, formerly Chief Executive Officer of Strawberries music stores, is the Chief Operating Officer for Plimoth Plantation. Located in southeastern Massachusetts, Plimoth Plantation is a bicultural museum based on colonial English and indigenous Wampanoah cultures at the time of first contact. Ivan oversees all aspects of the museum’s operation except fundraising, including the development of public programs and exhibits, implementation of marketing strategies, supervision of the retail stores, and management of the Finance, Facilities, and Human Resources Departments.
Natalie Mühlburger, MA ‘04. Natalie Mülberger is Vice President of Operations and Client Services at Trustforte Corporation, a company that provides credential evaluation services in connection with international (non U.S. citizen) applicants for work inside the United States. Trustforte processes approximately 15,000 requests each month. Her responsibilities include reviewing incoming requests, keeping day to day operations running smoothly, managing relations with corporate clients, and maintaining quality control.
Leland Stein ‘78. Leland Stein is Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Regent Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts. He is responsible for media relations, marketing, communications, and promotion efforts. He prepares press releases and publicity for newspapers, magazines, radio, television stations, and the internet. Leland also coordinates the theatre’s web site and arranges bookings and rental arrangements. He is the official emcee for theatre events and produces the award-winning “Family Fun Saturdays” series, which features “a rich variety of entertaining performances for children and their elders” (Boston Globe).