Rinaldo Walcott on Culture
Cultural Thought, Democracy, and Decolonizing the University
Inspired by the legacy of Stuart Hall, Rinaldo Walcott will examine the vital connections between Black studies and cultural studies and explore how cultural analysis and production are key to understanding and preserving democracy as well as reimagining the future of higher education.
Rinaldo Walcott is professor and chair of the Department of Africana and American Studies at the University at Buffalo.
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About the series
Convened by the WashU Department of African and African American Studies and the Center for the Humanities, this Sawyer Seminar explores how Black studies can sustain academic freedom and help reimagine democratic higher education. Through a yearlong series of conversations featuring leading scholars and public intellectuals, the seminar brings together faculty, students and community partners to examine how Black studies offers vital perspectives on power, inequality and democracy while shaping the future of higher education.
See more event dates and topics in this series by following this link.