Archive: Book Talks

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Book Talk: Bird Uncaged

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | Marlon Peterson, leading advocate for prison abolition and transformative justice, candidly recounts his coming of age in Brooklyn and surviving…

October 29, 2021

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Book Talk: A Decolonial Feminism

Tuesday, November, 9, 2021 | "A Decolonial Feminism" grapples with the central issues in feminist debates today: from Eurocentrism and whiteness, to power, inclusion and…

October 28, 2021

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Book Talk: Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

Wednesday October 6, 2021 | Professor Marcia Chatelain, acclaimed historian and winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in History, discusses her book "Franchise: The Golden Arches in…

October 8, 2021

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Book Talk: Sexual Citizens

Monday, September 27, 2021 | Join us for a conversation with Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan, the authors of Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on…

September 20, 2021

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Book Talk: Decarcerating Disability

Monday, April 12, 2021 | Join Dr. Liat Ben-Moshe for a discussion of her recently published book, "Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition" …

March 22, 2021

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Book Talk: The Power of Unions Past and Present

Tuesday, March 23, 2021 | Join us in hosting Dr. Lane Windham, organizer and historian, for a discussion on her book Knocking on Labor’s Doors, Union Organizing in the 1970s…

March 17, 2021

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Book Talk: Dress Codes

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | A conversation with Richard Thompson Ford on his latest book, "Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History" ).…

March 1, 2021

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Spring 2020 CENTILE Book Club Series: My (Underground) American Dream

March 17, 2020 | The Center for Innovation and Leadership Education presents its Spring 2020 Book Club, reading My (Underground) American Dream by Julissa Arce. This bestselling…

March 4, 2020

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Book Talk: What You Have Heard Is True

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Poet and Georgetown Professor Carolyn Forché will discuss her latest book, What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance, with…

February 14, 2020

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Book Talk: Destructive Desires

Thursday, February 13, 2020 | Robert Patterson will discuss key themes from his book Destructive Desires: Rhythm and Blues Culture and the Politics of Racial Equality, which…

February 3, 2020