SMITHSONIAN OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY

James Counts Early
Director, Cultural Heritage Policy

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Capital Gallery 2001
MRC 520
Washington, D.C. 20560-0953
earlyj@si.edu


Education

B.A. (1965) Morehouse College, Spanish; A.B.D. (1975) Howard University


Research Interests

cultural policy and democratic development especially in relationship to agency in grassroots communities; culture and cultural policy under capitalism and socialism


Current Research Projects

international network for cultural diversity, UNESCO Cultural Polices, Cuban traditional culture and statecraft, race and culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, African Diaspora Heritage Trail


Current or Projected Exhibits

Cuba Folklife Festival