Crossing the Campus Gates: Intersections of Scholarship and Practice

March 4, 2020

10:00am - 6:00pm

Academic Building, 6th Floor West, Room 6051

Confirmed speakers include

• Max Alvarez, Chronicle of Higher Education and the Working People podcast
• Abigail Boggs, Co-Author of "Abolitionist University Studies: An Invitation"; Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University 
• Greg Britton, Editorial Director, Johns Hopkins University Press
• Lilia Fernandez, Rutgers University
• Chenjerai Kumanyika, Rutgers University
• Kristin O'Brassill-Kulfan, Coordinator and Instructor of Public History, Department of History, Rutgers University
• Jaime Pensado, Author of Rebel Mexico: Student Unrest and Authoritarian Political Culture During the Long Sixties; Associate Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
• Elena Shih, Brown University
• Vineeta Singh, Omohundro Institute and Lemon Project Postdoctoral Fellow, William & Mary
• Deborah Gray White, Co-Director of the Scarlet and Black Project, Board of Governors Professor of History, and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University

The symposium will feature roundtable discussions with a cross-disciplinary group of scholars about the ways their academic work echoes beyond the campus gates with broader publics and brings community issues onto campus. The format will be different from a typical conference: Three roundtable-style conversations will offer opportunities for participants to share not only their projects but also the strategies and practices they use to engage with publics beyond the university and to address community concerns in their work.  

Lunch, coffee, and snacks will be served, with a reception to follow. To help us get counts for catering, please RSVP at https://forms.gle/qCwdjERPnF7eMrj48

This event is sponsored by the Rutgers Center for Cultural Analysis 2019-20 Seminar on The University and Its Public Worlds, which is facilitated by Henry Turner and Jorge Marcone. Jessica Mack and Heather Steffen are the seminar’s postdoctoral fellows and the symposium’s co-organizers. Please feel free to contact us with any questions, and keep an eye on the CCA website for more information.

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