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Agnes Scott Presents Gladden Lecture by Rafael Ocasio
A lecture on noted anthropologist Franz Boas and his work documenting oral folklore in Puerto Rico

Joseph R. Gladden Jr. Public Lecture
“Franz Boas in Porto Rico: Retention and Reinvention of Puerto Rican Folklore” by Rafael Ocasio
Thursday, March 3, 2016
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5 p.m.
Frannie Graves Auditorium, Campbell Hall, 141 E. College Ave., Decatur, GA
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This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture.
Rafael Ocasio, Charles A. Dana Professor of Spanish, is a Latin Americanist and a specialist in revolutionary and counter revolutionary Cuban literature. He is the author of two books on the Cuban dissident writer Reinaldo Arenas. Ocasio is currently working on the manuscript for “Franz Boas in Porto Rico: Retention and Reinvention of Puerto Rican Folklore,” an edited, critical anthology of oral folklore documented by that reputable anthropologist in Puerto Rico in 1915.
The Gladden Award is given every year to a member of the Agnes Scott faculty whose scholarly activities are especially noteworthy. Recipients give a public lecture on a topic related to their scholarly work. The Gladden Public Lecture Series is named for Joseph R. Gladden Jr., chair of the Board of Trustees from 1992 to 2002.