Tradition and the Black Atlantic October 26, 2010

As an author and editor of books, journals and scholarly resources, as well as the host and producer of numerous documentaries, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. continues to make the analysis and understanding of cultural studies accessible and engaging by combining rigorous scholarship with humor. Through the lens of the African Diaspora, Professor Gates, joined by Bob Herbert and Simon Schama, will examine the roots of cultural studies and its role in contemporary thought.