For each session, two to three faculty members from the History Department will discuss relevant themes and readings. These sessions will be held remotely.
The goals of these gatherings are three-fold: to affirm the History Department's and ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ College's continued commitment to inclusion and diversity in light of recent events; to use our skills as historians to analyze and share our interpretations of this current moment of racial reckoning for the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ community with the help of The 1619 Project; and to answer the call from Academic Affairs to create programming for students, especially first-years on campus, during this difficult time.
Event Recordings
Event recordings are available to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ faculty, students, and staff. to access through Panopto.
Schedule of Events
Friday, September 11, 4-5:30 p.m.
Session #1: One Nation?: America’s Origins and Slavery’s Unfinished Past
, by Nikole Hannah-Jones
, by Matthew Desmond
, by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
- Patrick Rael, Professor of History
- Brian Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History
Friday, September 25, 4-5:30 p.m.
Session #2: Bodies on the Line: Prisons and Health Care
, by Bryan Stevenson
, by Jeneen Interlandi
, by Linda Villarosa
- Connie Chiang, Professor of History and Environmental Studies
- Matthew Klingle, Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies
- David Hecht, Associate Professor of History
Friday, October 16, 4-5:30 p.m.
Session #3: Deep Cuts: Structural Inequality and Popular Culture
, by Wesley Morris
, by Jamelle Bouie
, by Kevin M. Kruse
, by Trymaine Lee
- Page Herrlinger, Associate Professor of History
- Rachel Sturman, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies
Friday, November 6, 4-5:30 p.m.
Plenary #4: The 1619 Project and Making Sense of the 2020 Election
Readings to be announced.
- Dallas Denery, Professor of History
- Brian Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History
- Meghan Roberts, Associate Professor of History
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ faculty, students and staff have access to The New York Times Digital Edition through an Academic Site License provided by the Library. For more information about how to register, visit the .