THE SALON at THE BENTON
Re-Seeing Race in the 21st Century
Friday, March 4, 2016
5 pm Reception with light hors d'oeuvres
5:30 pm: Panel discussion begins
What does it mean to live in a “post-racial” America? Can museums and other cultural organizations help change how we see and think about race? This Salon is presented in conjunction with the 2016 UConn Reads theme of Race in America. The university-wide program encourages the reading and discussion of The New Jim Crow: Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by civil rights lawyer and legal scholar Michelle Alexander.
PANELISTS
William Jelani Cobb is a staff writer for The New Yorker and an Associate Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Africana Studies at UConn. He writes frequently about race, politics, history, and culture. His articles and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, Essence, Vibe, The Progressive, and TheRoot.com.
Shayla C. Nunnally is Associate Professor with a joint appointment in Political Science and Africana Studies at UConn. She specializes in public opinion and political behavior, race and politics, and black political development. Her research has appeared in The Journal of Politics, The Journal of Black Studies, The Du Bois Review, The Journal of African American Studies, and several encyclopedias and edited volumes.
MODERATOR
Cathy Schlund-Vials is Associate Professor of English and Asian and Asian American Studies, and Director of the Asian/Asian American Studies Institute at UConn. Widely published and author of War, Genocide and Justice: Cambodian American Memory Work (2012), her research covers 20th-century US literature, multi-ethnic literature, transnationalism, trauma, human rights, memory studies, immigrant/refugee narratives, Asian American studies, American cultural studies and comparative ethnic studies.
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*Admission to the Salon is free. Donations are gratefully accepted.
RSVP appreciated by March 2. Click on RSVP link or call 860-486-5084.
For more information, contact: The Benton at 860-486-4520