Mark Anthony Neal to Discuss Musical and Cultural Legacy of Michael Jackson in Online 'Office Hours'
The conversation takes place at noon Friday, Aug. 28, on the Duke University Ustream channel.
Pop icon Michael Jackson, diversity in baseball and why this is an exciting time for scholars of black culture will be among the topics discussed during a live webcast with Mark Anthony Neal, a Duke professor of African and African American Studies. This latest installment of Duke’s new online "office hours” series will begin at noon EDT Friday, Aug. 28.
Neal is the author of the book “New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity” and wrote the main essay for “Hello World - The Complete Motown Solo Collection,” a 3-CD box collection of Michael Jackson solo recordings released between 1971 and 1975. He is currently writing album notes for a collection of unreleased Jackson 5 master recordings. (Jackson would have celebrated his 51st birthday on Aug. 29.)
Viewers can submit questions in advance or during the session by email to live@duke.edu, on the Duke University Live Ustream page on Facebook or via Twitter with the tag #dukelive. The program will run live on Duke’s Ustream channel.
In recent months, Neal has addressed such issues as the lack of black players in Major League Baseball and how President Obama’s election provides ample opportunities to advance discussions around issues of race.
“The Obama presidency is akin, for some, to having the first black family move into an all-white neighborhood,” Neal wrote in Duke Magazine last spring. “… this bodes well for those of us who make meaning in both the mundane and the exceptional in African-American life and culture. There's little doubt in my mind that Obama's presidency -- and its long-term influence and implications -- will usher in an exciting period in the study of black popular culture. It also promises to provide an unprecedented opportunity, and inspiration, for black artists and entertainers, as they scout and interpret new cultural terrain.”
Neal is the author of four books, including “Songs in the Key of Black Life: A Rhythm and Blues Nation” (2003), and co-edited, with Murray Forman, “That’s the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader” (2004). His essay, “Music: Bodies in Pain,” on the music of R&B artists Linda Jones and Keyshia Cole, was published in the collection “Best African American Essays 2009”.
He was also a frequent commentator for NPR and contributes to several online media outlets, including NewsOne.com, TheRoot.com and TheGrio.com. He regularly updates his own blog with essays written by other scholars and himself.
Duke’s Office of News and Communications launched Online Office Hours series on July 31 with economist Dan Ariely, the best-selling author of “Predictably Irrational.” Last Friday’s guest was David Goldstein, director of the Center for Human Genome Variation at Duke’s Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy.
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