CSSH Equity Series | Lecture #1: Race and Justice in the Prison System

Monday, March 27

12:00 - 1:00 PM

RP 909

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Michael Lawrence Walker, Beverly and Richard Fink Professor in Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, will explore the under-examined issue of sleep hygiene in jails, a problem associated with increased risks for developing mood disorders, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and other physiological problems.

CSSH Equity Series | Lecture #2: Race and Justice in Healthcare

Monday, March 27

4:30 - 6:00 PM

RP 909

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Christopher Willoughby, Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Pitzer College, will speak on the paradox of medical science in antebellum America. Professor Willoughby's lecture takes a hard look at the racial ideas of both northern and southern medical schools, examining how racist ideas were not external to the medical profession but fundamental to medical knowledge.

Blockchain and Digital Ethics Featuring Molly White '16

Tuesday, March 28

10:00 - 11:30 AM

Cabral Center, John D. O'Bryant African American Institute

Cryptocurrencies and blockchains present some unique ethical quandaries that have not always been handled well by leaders in the industry. Cryptocurrency researcher and critic Molly White will discuss some of the risks involved with this industry, and the obligation of technologists and entrepreneurs to grapple with these challenges.

DEIB in the Workplace | Hosted by CSSH DEI Co-op Committee

Tuesday, March 28

1:30 - 3:00 PM

RP 909

*For faculty only

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Join employers, alumni, practitioners, students, and faculty in a conversation on how to cultivate meaningful Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) practices in the workplace.

English Department Skok Distinguished Visiting Writer | Kiese Laymon

Tuesday, March 28

6:00 - 8:00 PM

ISEC 102

Kiese Laymon, Skok Distinguished Visiting Writer, will lead a reading and discussion of his work. He is the author of the award-winning memoir Heavy, the groundbreaking essay collection How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, and the novel Long Division. Laymon received a 2022 MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship for "bearing witness to the myriad forms of violence that mark the Black experience in formally inventive fiction and nonfiction."

Philip N. Backstrom Jr. Witness Testimony with Elisabeth Dopazo

Wednesday, March 29

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Cabral Center

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Elisabeth Dopazo was born in Saxonburg, Saxony in 1929. Her parents were both arrested by the Nazi government in the 1930s, leading to her mother's imprisonment and her father's execution. Ms. Dopazo lives in Brookline, MA and has been a speaker for Facing History and Ourselves, a global non-profit organization that uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.

This event is part of Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week and is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be served.

The Perils of Memory: Does Remembering Genocide Make Us Safer? | The 30th Annual Robert Salomon Morton Lecture with Philip Gourevitch

Thursday, March 30

6:30 - 8:00 PM

ISEC 102

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Drawing on his groundbreaking reporting from Rwanda, and in the light of Putin’s war on Ukraine, author and longtime New Yorker staff writer Philip Gourevitch considers whether the moral and political lessons we draw from the Holocaust can, in fact, safeguard us against repeating the past.

This event is part of Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week and is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be served.

After Free Speech: #datapolitik and the Failures of Liberalism

Monday, April 3

4:00 PM

RP 909

Davide Panagia, Professor and Chair of Political Science at UCLA, will speak on his recent book #datapolitik, a study of the political ontology of algorithmic governance.