Description
Join us on April 3 for the first of the Hanna Lectures, Resisting Racial Stereotypes, as we hear from Tommie Shelby, Lee Simpkins Family Professor of Arts and Sciences, and Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and Philosophy at Harvard University.
Shelby’s writings focus on racial justice, economic justice, and criminal justice and on the history of black political thought. His numerous articles have appeared in journals such as Philosophy & Public Affairs, Ethics, Political Theory, Critical Inquiry, Du Bois Review, Critical Philosophy of Race, and Daedalus. He has also contributed to The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Globe, Boston Review, The Root, Jacobin, The Point, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Shelby is a former co-editor of Transition, a literary and cultural magazine with a focus on Africa and its Diaspora. He has served as the President of the American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division) and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Location
Sundin Music Hall