Dean's Speaker Series
The School of Liberal Arts Dean’s Speaker Series brings prominent scholars, writers, and practitioners in the humanities, arts, and social sciences to Tulane University to foster an ongoing conversation about the vitality of the liberal arts in addressing topics that matter to society.
2021-2022 Series: Anti-Racism and the Disciplines
Many of the liberal arts disciplines have complicated relationships to structural racism, colonialism, and/or imperialism, which arguably are structured into the “rules” of the disciplines themselves. Scholars working in those disciplines, including those featured in the series, are working to uncover those histories in the effort of thinking about and staging work for the next generation(s) of scholars.
Each speaker will give a public talk; they will also meet in a smaller group (usually the next day) with faculty and students for a workshop on anti-racist research and scholarship.
Upcoming Events
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Past Events
Anti-Racism and Communication Studies
Featuring Sarah J. Jackson, Presidential Associate Professor and co-director, Media, Inequality & Change Center, University of Pennsylvania.
Thursday, April 29, 2021, at 6pm
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Anti-Racism and Anthropology
Featuring Lee D. Baker, Mrs. A. Hehmeyer Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, and African and African American Studies at Duke University.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 6pm
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Anti-Racism and Sociology
Featuring Mary Pattillo, Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and Chair, Department of African American Studies, Northwestern University.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 6pm
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Anti-Racism and Economics
Featuring Gary Hoover, Director, Murphy Institute and Professor of Economics, Tulane University.
Thursday, January 28, 2021, 6pm
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Honeypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women: A Reading and Conversation
Featuring E. Patrick Johnson, Carlos Montezuma Professor of African American Studies and Performance Studies, Northwestern University
February 3, 2020 at 6 p.m. in the Commons in Diboll Gallery
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