Comedian Bill Cosby, whose cancellation of a concert in Cincinnati earlier this year kick-started the economic boycott of downtown, will appear Nov. 2 at a parents weekend at Miami University in Oxford.

        The concert will be at the 11,000-seat Millet Hall. Tickets, $33, go on sale Aug. 24.

        “We are thrilled to have a talent like Bill Cosby visit our university,” said Holly Wissing, a university spokeswoman. “We are anticipating a sell-out crowd.”

        Mr. Cosby has a long history with Miami University. He appeared on campus during parents weekends in 1990 and 1996. The comedian donated proceeds from his 1990 appearance to a scholarship fund for performing arts students.

        Mr. Cosby signed a contract with the university in February — the same month he canceled two planned March concerts at the Aronoff Center for the Arts. Mr. Cosby said he pulled out of the concerts because he felt “uncomfortable” playing in Cincinnati's racially charged environment.

        The comedian was the first high-profile entertainer to honor the Coalition for a Just Cincinnati's call for a boycott of downtown arts venues. His cancellation gave new life to a dormant boycott and prompted artists such as R&B singer Smokey Robinson and jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis to follow suit.

        Ms. Wissing said she's not concerned about potential protests or a cancellation, primarily because of Oxford's distance from Cincinnati.

        “We're not even in the same county,” she said.

        Miami's predominately white campus of about 16,000 students has experienced race relations problems of its own within the past six years.

        In 1997, the university's Black Action Movement, consisting of about 150 students concerned about diversity and race issues, rallied at the administration building seeking better recruitment and representation of minority students, faculty and staff.

        A year later, nearly 100 black students protested on campus over the posting of racially charged messages supporting the Ku Klux Klan on bulletin boards at the Center for Black Culture and Learning. Two African-American students were charged with the crime, but a jury acquitted them both.

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