PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: IRRPP Annual Phillip J. Bowman Lecture featuring Dr. Vijay Prashad on 9/16
IRRPP Presents the Annual Dr. Phillip J. Bowman Lecture featuring Dr. Vijay Prashad
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 4 PM – 6 PM
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In the U.S., the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd reignited racial justice and abolitionist movements that have been met with state repression. Across the globe, movements to occupy land from South Africa to Brazil and movements to end military occupations from Palestine to Crimea face uncertain futures.
Dr. Vijay Prashad will address the possibilities of social and economic transformation and how researchers can work in consultation with social movements during these times of global upheaval and social change.
Dr. Prashad is an historian, public intellectual, author of 30 books, and founder and executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a movement-driven research institute committed to promoting social and economic transformation based in Buenos Aires, Johanesburg, New Delhi, and São Paulo.
The event will also include an introduction by graduate students Ash Stephens (Criminology, Law and Justice) and Themal Ellawala (Anthropology) who have been organizing Abolition campaign along with others at UIC. After Dr. Prashad's talk, Dr. Elizabeth Todd-Breland (History) will provide remarks linking Dr. Prashad's work to the context of Chicago's social movement histories and possibilities.
This free event is geared towards scholars, students, local communities and activists.
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