Lincoln (Neb.) - Oct. 20, 1997 - A free public conference to explore racism and racial discourse in America will be Oct. 24 and 25 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
"Race, Ethnicity and Public Discourse" will focus on the ways that race and ethnicity permeate American democratic discourse. It also will explore the way we discuss race influences the conduct of the nation's civic business.
Featured speakers include Ronald Lee, UNL associate professor of communication studies; Jorge Garcia of Rutgers University; John Luciates of Indiana University; Silvia Pedraza of the University of Michigan; and Adam Clayton Powell III, vice president of technology and programs for The Freedom Forum. They will discuss topics such as racism and racial discourse, race and the media, and visions of community.
Tali Mendelberg, professor of political science at Princeton University, will give the keynote address. Her lecture, "Racial Code Words and Whites' Opposition to School Desegregation: Democratic Deliberation Meets Racism," will be at 2 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Lied Center's Steinhart Room. Mendelberg also will give a public lecture at 11 a.m. Oct. 24 in 538 Oldfather Hall. The lecture, "Implicit Racial Appeals and their Impact on Electoral Campaigns," is sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the UNL Research Council.
The conference will be from 2 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 24, beginning at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The evening session will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Wick Alumni Center. The conference will continue from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Lied Center.
The conference is sponsored by Public Discourse and Human Values, an interdisciplinary study group at the UNL College of Arts and Sciences. The Public Discourse and Human Values group was designated last spring as an "Area of Strength" in the college. "Areas of Strength" bring faculty with common interests together in interdisciplinary teams to host conferences, bring distinguished speakers and visiting scholars to campus, develop grants and enhance the overall experience of academic activity.
For more information on the conference, call the College of
Arts and Sciences
at (402) 472-2891.
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