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Richard A. Long (9 February 1927〔(Richard Long ) at the Historymakers.〕 – 4 January 2013) was an American cultural historian and author,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://richardalong.net/bio/ )〕 who has been called "one of the great pillars of African-American arts and culture".〔Catherine Fox, ("In memoriam: Richard A. Long, lion of African-American arts and letters, leaves rich legacy" ), ArtsAtl, January 9, 2013.〕 As an academic, he taught at University of Pennsylvania, University of Paris, University of Poitiers, Atlanta University, Emory University, Morgan State College and West Virginia State College,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://atlantadailyworld.com/201301042925/ADW-News/author-and-cultural-historian-richard-a-long-has-died )〕 and had worked as a visiting lecturer at universities in Africa and India.〔(Richard A. Long website. )〕 ==Life and career== Long was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated at Temple University, where he received his B.A. in 1947 and M.A. in 1948.〔 He did doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania, was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Paris, and received his Ph.D from the University of Poitiers in France in 1965.〔 Having begun his teaching career as a graduate assistant at Temple University, he subsequently taught at West Virginia State College. He also spent a decade and a half as a teacher at Morgan State College (now University). He taught English and French at the Hampton Institute and was also director of its College Museum.〔 At Hampton in 1968〔Jean Borgatti, (Fifteenth Triennial Symposium on African Art ), Arts Council of the African Studies Association.〕 he founded the Triennial Symposium on African Art, now an annual conference at Atlanta University’s Center for African and African American Studies.〔 In 1968 he became a Professor of English at Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University), where he was founder of the African American Studies program. From 1971 to 1973 he was visiting lecturer at Harvard University. In 1973 he went as adjunct professor to Emory University,〔 where in 1987 he joined the faculty as Atticus Haygood Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts.〔 Long served as a consultant and as a committee member of many cultural organizations and institutions, including the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities,〔 the Smithsonian Museum of African Art, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Society of Dance History Scholars, and the Zora Neale Hurston Festival.〔 In addition, Long served on the editorial boards of several publications, including the ''Langston Hughes Bulletin'', ''Phylon'' and the ''Zora Neale Hurston Bulletin''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard A. Long」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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