Critical Responses to the New Orleans Catastrophe: Race, Class, and the Politics of Life and Death
Tuesday, September 6, 6pm @ Gross Chem 107
Faculty Speakers:
WAHNEEMA LUBIANO, African & African-American Studies/Literature
CARTER MATHES, University Writing Program
RICHARD POWELL, Art & Art History/African & African-American Studies
UPDATE (9/23/05): Professor Lubiano's talk is now available
for download here.
UPDATE (9/21/05): A recording of
this program is now available on DVD for viewing in the
multicultural center. The recording includes talks by Prof.
Wahneema Lubiano, Prof. Richard Powell, and Prof. Carter Mathes,
along with comments and questions from audience members, several of
whom have roots in the Gulf Coast area. The talks and Q & A
session dealt with issues that are critical to an understanding,
not only of the social dimensions of the disaster itself, but also
of current debates on how to rebuild New Orleans and other affected
areas (issues like the intersections of race and class in
contemporary American life, the politics of urban development and
urban decline, the cultural history of NO as a site in the black
diaspora, etc.)
For information on other campus events on Hurricane Katrina and
Duke-sponsored relief efforts, please visit http://www.duke.edu/hurricanerelief/
General Programs 05-06:
2005-2006
| Critical Responses to Hurricane Katrina
| "Say Something" by Dan Bacalzo
| Jeff Chang: Public Lecture
| East Meets South
| Money Matters
| Cheryle Dawes: Domestic Violence
| Bryan Brayboy Lecture
| Breakfast with Capt. James Yee
| The Native American Student Alliance Presents: Chief Michell Hicks
| Student Presentations from "Beyond Black & White" Seminar