Pullman Common Reading Program News Today

April 28, 2021 Melissa Parkhurst will present a Common Reading talk on “Song Gives Birth to Struggle: Music and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa” at today at noon. Parkhurst, a faculty member in the WSU School of Music and the 2021 awardee of the WSU Faculty Diversity Award, will use examples from several South African music traditions to explore the ways in which music sheds light on the indigenous cultures and the process of colonialism and post colonialism. These examples wil...

April 27, 2021 Melissa Parkhurst will present a Common Reading talk on “Song Gives Birth to Struggle: Music and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa” at noon on Wednesday, April 28. Parkhurst, a faculty member in the WSU School of Music and the 2021 awardee of the WSU Faculty Diversity Award, will use examples from several South African music traditions to explore the ways in which music sheds light on the indigenous cultures and the process of colonialism and post colonialism. Thes...