Racial, social and political equity topics of 2005-06 Contemporary Issues Lecture Series
Released: August 09, 2005
Racial, social and political equity are the unifying topics of the College of Letters and Sciences 2005-06 Contemporary Issues Lecture Series. The series, a joint effort between the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the College of Letters and Sciences, brings nationally credited scholars to campus to share their studies and facilitate dialogue about hot topics in the United States.
"There is no official theme, but the speakers will all talk about issues that are relative in today's environment," Associate Professor of Political Science Susan Johnson said. The series began a year-and-a-half ago and has attracted an audience of 200-500 students, faculty and community at each of the past lectures.
Fall 2005 speakers include:
Linda Faye Williams, professor at the University of Maryland-College Park, will present "The Constraint of Race: Legacies of White Skin Privilege in the United States" on October 17. Her lecture will challenge what is considered socially normal and focus on the advantages of white Americans instead of the disadvantages of black Americans.
Seymour Hersh, author and journalist, has won a number of awards for investigative, international and public interest reporting. Among his awards are a Pulitzer Prize, four George Polk awards and two Investigative Reporters and Editors prizes. Hersh will present "Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib" on November 14. The lecture will bring to light the price of holding political power on an international stage.
The College of Letters and Sciences has tentatively scheduled Walter Mosley, novelist and activist for racial equality, and Howard Zinn, radical historian, teacher and storyteller, for spring 2006.
All of the lectures are free and open to the public. They will be held in the Hamilton Center, located in the James R. Connor University Center, at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Johnson at (262) 472-4766 or johnsons@uww.edu.
- Cassandra Sura,suracc09@uww.edu
