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The Dean of ARHU has launched a year-long colloquium series to engage audiences in conversations about systemic racism, inequality and justice. The colloquia are free and will take place virtually. 

The series is part of a new college-wide campaign to address racism, inequality and justice in curriculum, scholarship, programming and community engagement.

Each session will include a mini-lecture and then a conversation with Dean Thornton Dill, followed by Q and A from participants. Grab a cup of coffee and join the Dean for a conversation with some of ARHU’s leading experts in social justice and anti-racism.

Please register by clicking on each of the dates below:

September 16, 9 am
Perla Guerrero, Associate Professor of American Studies
Topic: Latinxs on Both Sides of Inequality and Fighting for Justice

October 6, 9 am
Marisa Parham, Professor in English and Director of AADHum
Topic: Purpose, Frivolity, Futures: What, really, is inclusion?

October 26, 9 am
Scot Reese, Professor in the School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies
Topic: Racial "Battle Fatigue" in black theatre and culture

November 6, 9 am
Julius Fleming, Jr., Assistant Professor in English
Topic: His book, “Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Refusal to Wait for Freedom”

November 17, 9 am
Tamanika Ferguson, Presidential Post Doc in the Communication Department
Topic: Incarcerated women and media activism

December 8, 9 am
Richard Bell, Professor of History
Topic: African American political culture and his book: "Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home"

February 17, 9-10 am
Quincy Mills, Associate Professor of History
Topic: The Role of Economic Autonomy and Security in Realizing the Promises of Democracy

March 11, 9-10 am
Jessica Gatlin, Assistant Professor of Art
Topic: TBA

April 13, 9-10 am
Mary Corbin Sies, Associate Professor of American Studies
Topic: The Lakeland Digital Archive: Building an Equitable Project

May 6, 9-10 am
GerShun Avilez, Associate Professor in English
Topic: Black radicalism and his book Black Queer Freedom: Spaces of Injury and Paths of Desire