During her seven months at the Center for Culture and History of Black Diaspora, Dr. Fannie T. Rushing has presented a lecture, "A Tale of Two Cities: "Race" and National Identity in Havana, Cuba and Chicago, Illinois," based on an article for publication. She was interviewed about her research and teaching for an upcoming issue of the national Latino journal, Dialogo.

She has also served as a panelist for the Cultural Center's Black History Month lecture by Noel Ignatiev discussing his book, How the Irish Became White. In February, she served as discussant for Paul Gilroy's latest work, Against Race: Imagining Political Culture Beyond Race. As part of the Center's video series, "Black Experiences, Here and There" she facilitated a discussion on the Cuban film "La Ultimo Cena/The Last Supper". Dr. Rushing was also interviewed about her teaching for an upcoming issue of the national Latino journal Dialogo.

Regarding program development, she is serving on a committee headed by Louise Lincoln, Director of the DePaul Art Gallery to bring an exhibit from the National Art Gallery of Jamaica, "Soon Come: The Art of Contemporary Jamaica" to campus in the Spring of 2001. In conjunction with this exhibit, Dr. Rushing was granted permission from Dr. Sandra Jackson to organize a day and a half long colloquium, "The Many Become One People; History/ies, "Race," Gender and Culture in Jamaica," which is forthcoming during Spring Quarter, 2001. The colloquium is designed for DePaul students, faculty and staff as well as students, faculty and staff from other colleges and universities, and the still small but growing Caribbean community of Chicago. The colloquium and the art exhibit should also attract people in the area interested in the Caribbean.

This academic year, Dr. Rushing is offering four courses: two courses for the History department, "The African Diaspora in Latin America, 1492-1895 and 1895-1995" and two for Latin American/Latino Studies, "Social and Political Movements in Latin America" and "Racism, " Race" and Power in Brazil".

Dr. Rushing has been re-appointed as Post Doctoral Fellow for the academic year 2001 through 2002.