The Department of Sociology and the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will hold a conference to honor the scholarly contributions of Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois. This day-long gathering, to take place on Friday, February 17, 2012 , will celebrate Dr. Du Bois being posthumously bestowed with an Honorary Emeritus Professorship in Sociology and Africana Studies http://duboisprofessor hide