UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 18, Page 4
February 4, 1993
Noontime lectures focus on race, ethnicity and culture

     Lectures on research in race, ethnicity and culture are scheduled on
Wednesdays at the University from Feb. 10 through May 12.
     The lectures, free and open to the public, will be held from
12:20-1:10 p.m. in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center. Those
planning to attend may bring lunch. The lectures may be taken as part of a
credit course.
     Scheduled to speak in February are Paul Jones, independent collector
of African American Art, "Collecting African American Art and the Paul
Jones Collection," Feb. 10; Margaret L. Andersen, vice provost for academic
affairs at the U. of D., "Conceptualizing Race," Feb. 17; and Carol
Rudisell, associate librarian in the University's Morris Library,
"Researching African American Culture," Feb. 24.
     Scheduled to speak in March are Louise Robeck of the Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship, "The Role of Religious Institutions in Healing or
Perpetuating Racism," March 3; Edward Guerrero, assistant professor of
English at the University, "Spike Lee and the Meaning of Malcolm," March
10; Ramiro Martinez Jr., lecturer in sociology and criminal justice at the
University, "Latinos and Lethal Violence: The Impact of Inequality and
Poverty," March 17; and Gary Lemons, assistant professor of English at the
University, "Talking Back to Whiteness: Interrogating the Racialization of
Voice, Gender and Power in Feminism," March 24.
     On the schedule for April are Fanni Green, actor, "Dancing with
Wolves: Hollywood, the Law, the Media and Wo(men) in the 'Year of the
Woman,'" April 7; Kate Conway-Turner, director of the Women's Studies
Interdisciplinary Program and assistant professor of individual and family
studies at the University, "Midwifery in Contemporary Zimbabwe," April 14;
Howard Winant of Temple University's sociology department, "Fighting for
Identity: Race and Democracy in the Contemporary United States," April 21;
and Peter Kolchin, professor of history at the University, "After Slavery:
Emancipation in Comparative Perspective," April 28.
     Completing the series in May are Leon Pettiway, associate professor of
criminal justice and at the Center for Drug and Alcohol Study at the
University, "Attitudes Toward Crime and Punishment: Race, Drugs and Crime
in Philadelphia," May 5; and Tonya Williams Brown, University doctoral
student in sociology, "Serious Black Female Criminality," May 12.
     For information, call 831-8474.