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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

Caryl Phillips, Caribbean/British novelist. Part of the GRIOT, African-American Art, Activism & Aesthetics Series – March 30, 2016

Wednesday, March 30, 7pm, Bucknell Hall Born in the West Indian island of St. Kitts and raised in Great Britain, Caryl Phillips explores and chronicles the experiences of peoples of the African diaspora through his work. In addition to his prolific writing career, Phillips has also taught at various universities throughout the United States and internationally including Amherst College, Barnard College, and Yale University. Phillips was named Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year in 1992 and listed as one of the Best of Young British Writers in 1993. He has received multiple prestigious awards including Martin Luther King Memorial […]

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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

29th Annual Black Experiences Lecture – Melissa Harris Perry (Keynote Lecture for Bucknell University’s Annual Diversity Summit) – March 29, 2016

Tuesday, March 29, 7- 9 p.m., Weis Center Harris Perry is the Presidential Endowed Chair in Politics and International Affairs, and Director of the Anna Julia Cooper Center at Wake Forest University, as well as Columnist for The Nation. This year, Melissa’s talk will also be a part of the Bucknell University’s First Annual Diversity Summit.

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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

“Style is Political:  James Baldwin, Belles-Lettres, and How Beautiful Writing Can Make a Difference.” – March 24, 2016

Thursday, March 24, 11:30-1 p.m. Faculty/Staff Workshop (Willard Smith Library (VL 125) RSVP to mshaunes@buckenell.edu to attend.  

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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

Michael Cobb: “Love, James Baldwin Style, or How Not to Let Social Media Ruin Your Intimacies” – March 23, 2016

Wednesday, March 23, 7 p.m., ELC Gallery Theatre (LC 301) Michael Cobb is Professor of English at the University of Toronto with cross appointments with the Centre for the Study of Religion, the Drama Centre, and the Women and Gender Studies Institute. Cobb has written on Baldwin’s oeuvre and is the author of God Hates Fags: The Rhetorics of Religious Violence, which was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title, and Racial Blasphemies: Race and Religious Irreverance in American Literature. His next book, Single: Arguments for the Uncoupled, will also appear soon from New York University Press. His essays on race, […]

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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

Brantley Gasaway: “Progressive Evangelicals and the Ethics of Same-Sex Marriage” – March 2016

Evangelical Christians have been among the most vocal opponents of the gay rights movement over the past four decades. In addition to denouncing same-sex behavior as immoral, many conservative Christians have engaged in political efforts to ensure that governments only license traditional heterosexual marriages. However, a small but growing number of socially and politically progressive evangelicals have reached different conclusions regarding the ethics of same-sex marriage. In this talk, Prof. Gasaway examines how and why these progressive evangelicals have believed that the Bible allows or even compels them to promote the full equality of LGBT individuals in both churches and […]

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