bell hooks Speaks at Denison's 2008-09 Opening Convocation
Date of Event: September 11, 2008
Posted: September 1, 2008
bell hooks will open Denison’s McGregor Connections Initiative lecture series at 8 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 11, at Swasey Chapel (200 Chapel Drive). Her lecture will focus on personal identity and the urban environment. The convocation is free and open to the public.
A scholar, activist and writer, hooks is known for her work on race, gender and class. She adopted her grandmother’s name as her pseudonym to honor her legacy. According to hooks, her name’s unconventional lowercasing signifies what is most important in her works: “the substance of books, not who I am.” She is renowned for her audacity and her intellect and is considered one of the preeminent cultural critics of our time.
The lecture is sponsored by the McGregor Connections Initiative, the Laura C. Harris Fund, the Women’s Studies Program and the Office of First-Year Programs.
This year’s McGregor Connections theme is “Urbanscapes,” during which the campus community will explore the relationship between people and the urban environment. Future speakers include Basra Mohamed (Sept. 15), Daniel Alejandrez (Sept.17), and Thomas Segrue (Sept. 18).
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Calendar Listing:
CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville — Opening Convocation: bell hooks lecture on personal identity and the urban environment at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11, at Swasey Chapel (200 Chapel Drive). Free and open to the public. For more information contact Marlaine Browning at 740-587-6206.
CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville — McGregor Connections speaker: Basra Mohamed, founder and executive director of The Denjir Media Community, at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, at the Burton D. Morgan Center Welsh Hills Room (150 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information contact Marlaine Browning at 740-587-6206.
CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville — McGregor Connections speaker: Daniel Alejandrez, executive director of the National Coalition to End Barrio Warfare, at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at Slayter Hall Auditorium (200 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information contact Marlaine Browning at 740-587-6206.
CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville — McGregor Connections speaker: Thomas Segrue, professor of history and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, at 4:30 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 18, at Slayter Hall Auditorium (200 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information contact Marlaine Browning at 740-587-6206.
About Denison:
Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.
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