The History of White People: Can A Black Scholar Write About White People?
Nell Irvin Painter
Wednesday, 29 Jan 2014 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
Nell Irvin Painter is the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, at Princeton University and author of The History of White People. Her other recent books include Creating Black Americans and Southern History Across the Color Line. Nell Painter earned her doctorate in history from Harvard University and has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the American Antiquarian Society. She has served as president of the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association. As a public intellectual, Professor Painter is frequently called upon for lectures and interviews on television and film. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series.Other events featured in the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series include:
Let Freedom Ring - Carillon Concert
Wednesday, January 15, 12:00 noon, Central Campus
Slavery by Another Name - Documentary Film and Discussion
Wednesday, January 15, 7:00 pm, South Ballroom, Memorial Union
Community Birthday Celebration
Monday, January 20, 6:00 pm, Ames Middle School, 3915 Mortensen Road, Ames
Celebrate with song, story and birthday cake. An Ames tradition!
Freedom Riders: Documentary Film and Discussion
Monday, February 3, 7:00 pm, South Ballroom, Memorial Union
Cosponsored By:
- Black Graduate Student Association
- College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Design
- College of Engineering
- College of Human Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- Dean of Students Office
- George Gund Lecture Fund
- History
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Planning Committee
- Office of the President
- Office of the Vice President and Provost
- Women's and Gender Studies Program
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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