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Lou Brown

Research Scholar, Senior
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
Box 90403, 114 S. Buchananblvd Smith War, Durham, NC 27708
114 S. Buchanan Blvd, Box 90403, Durham, NC 27708-0403

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Challenges of Care in a Blues and Jazz Archive - Care, Aesthetics, and Repair ยท January 23, 2025 - January 25, 2025 International Meeting or Conference University of Humanistic Studies/Care Ethics Research Consortium, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Panel chair and co-organizer for a multidisciplinary, intergenerational research collective comprising archivists, a professional singer/songwriter, academic research staff with social anthropology and digital humanities expertise, and graduate and undergraduate students from musicology, art history, history, and English. In this panel, we critically examine our process of engaging with the Rosetta Reitz papers,

Service to Duke


University Coalition for Civic Engagement (University) · 2020 Committee Service Duke Office of Durham & Community Affairs,
RIDE - Reimagining Doctoral Education (University) · 2017 - 2018 Committee Service