“From Cybele to Artemisia: Motherhood and Great Mothers of Ancient Anatolia,” in Motherhood in the Ancient World. eds. Dana Cooper and Claire Phelan, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).

This chapter investigates female deities of Ancient Anatolia, in particular Cybele. While I was completing the research, a miraculous event took place. A 2,100 year-old statue of the Goddess was unearthed on top of a mountain, near the Black Sea, in Northern Turkey! Depicting the Goddess in a seated posture, the statue amazed the archeologists across the world.

http://www.archaeology.org/news/4826-160909-anatolia-cybele-statue

https://travelatelier.com/turkey-travel-blog/2100-year-old-statue-cybele-found-ordu-black-sea/

The Cambridge Companion to American Civil Rights Literature, March 2015

 Title: “Drama and Performance from Civil Rights to Black Arts”

Civil Rights Movement impacted all aspects of American life, including arts and theater. I analyzed the impact of socio-cultural developments throughout Sixties and Seventies, on African American theater, the Black Arts Movement and timeless productions by renowned playwrights from August Wilson to Amiri Baraka.

Reviews available in Callaloo and Journal of Southern Literature

In 2019 the Conference celebrated its 16th year and featured “Black Education in Philadelphia” as its theme.

At Temple University we are proud to organize the only academic and annual conference on Underground Railroad history. The conference is free and open to public. Please contact us in January for the conference dates which takes place in February, on our main campus, conveniently located, close to subway and railroad stations in North East Philly.

Wednesday February 13, 2019
Walk Auditorium, Ritter Hall, Main Campus

The 14th Annual Black History and Underground Railroad Conference was one of the best attended by students and Civil War scholars on February 15, 2017

Free and Open to the Public; AAAS students always receive extra credit for attending!

Co-founders: Dr. Nilgun A. Okur and Dr. Andy Waskie

Sponsored by AAAS Department and Civil War Museum