McKay Lecture: Wendy Chun

Helen C. White, Room 6191, 600 N. Park St.
@ 5:00 pm

My Mother was a KeyPunch Operator (But She Never Learned to Drive) This Nellie Y. McKay Lecture in the Humanities is presented in partnership with the Institute for Research in the Humanities.  This lecture delves …

McKay Lecture: Nicole Fleetwood

Elvehjem Building, Room L140, 800 University Avenue
@ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

“So Ruff, So Tuff”: Legacies of Black Midwestern Art and Struggle Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood emerges from her current book project, Between the River and the Railroad Tracks, part memoir and part cultural history of …

Mae Ngai

Shocking but Not Surprising: The Origins of Anti-Asian Racism in the U.S.
@ 5:45 pm - 7:00 pm

Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History, Columbia University At this in-person Nellie Y. McKay Lecture in the Humanities event, Mae Ngai draws from her recent book, The Chinese Question, winner of the …

Caroline Randall Williams

Virtual (Zoom)
@ 5:00 pm

When Caroline Randall Williams wrote that her body was a monument, that was only the beginning of the thought. The body does so much work past the work. So much telling past the shape of …