Annual Public Lecture: Gina Dent
@ International House, The University of Chicago
1414 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, May 8th, from 7PM - 8PM
Join CSRPC for its signature event, the Annual Public Lecture, featuring distinguished public intellectuals whose work enhances our understanding of the centrality of racism and white supremacy in the systems we inhabit, and instigates action toward a more just campus, city, and world.
This year we welcome scholar-activist, feminist, and writer, Professor Gina Dent, on the topic of “Visualizing Abolition: How to Imagine a World Without Prisons.” Dr. Dent is Professor of Feminist Studies, History of Consciousness, and Legal Studies; and Humanities Associate Dean of DEI at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the co-author of the book Abolition. Feminism. Now. along with Angela Y. Davis, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie.
6:00-7:00 PM Reception
7:00-8:00 PM Lecture and Q&A
International House, Assembly Hall
1414 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Register here!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-public-lecture-gina-dent-tickets-873457564087
About Gina Dent:
Gina Dent Ph.D. is a Humanities Associate Dean of DEI and Professor of Feminist Studies, History of Consciousness, and Legal Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Currently, she serves as PI and Co-Director for the Mellon Foundation-funded Visualizing Abolition (visualizingabolition.ucsc.edu), a project designed to redirect social resources away from prisons by accessing the power of the arts. Her recent projects also grow out of her decades-long work as an advocate for prison abolition—Abolition. Feminism. Now. (co-authored with Angela Davis, Erica Meiners, and Beth Richie, Haymarket 2022), and the in-progress works Visualizing Abolition (co-edited with Rachel Nelson) and Prison as a Border, on popular culture and the conditions of knowledge. She is a member of the Scholars for Social Justice and the Portal Project, and works with several organizations nationally and internationally, primarily on justice-related concerns.
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