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OutreachThe Thomas J. Dodd Research Center sponsors and participates in numerous activities reflecting the Center's major areas of collecting interest. These activities include, among others, instruction, lectures, exhibitions, collaborative ventures and professional associations.
Zora Neale Hurston Essay Contest The Zora Neale Hurston Essay Contest is a Thomas J. Dodd Research Center initiative to celebrate African American music and the preservation of recorded sound archives such as the Samuel and Ann Charters Archives of Blues and Vernacular African American Musical Culture. The Dodd Research Center invites all eligible University of Connecticut students to submit an original essay to its 2008 Zora Neale Hurston Essay Contest. For the 2008 contest students will address the theme “Music and Its Role in the Shaping of a Black Consciousness.” Open to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students, the 2008 Zora Neale Hurston Essay Contest offers a cash prize of $500 for the author of the winning essay. The deadline for entries is December 1, 2008. Entries may be submitted in print or by email to |