The Economics Department, in cooperation with the university's Inclusive Excellence Initiative, will feature its next seminar speaker, Dr. Lee Lowenfish (Columbia University) for two presentations on Thursday, April 14th. The first is a brown bag lunch from 12:30-1:30 in Port O' Call in the Cartwright Center. The topic of discussion will be "Civil Rights in America." Dr. Lowenfish will be joined on a panel by Professor John Grider (History), Professor Alan Bigel (Political Science), and Charles Martin Stanley (Associate Dean CLS). Each panelist will make brief remarks before opening up the topic to discussion with audience members.
Thursday evening (April 14), at 7:30 pm in the Great Hall of the Cleary Center,Dr. Lowenfish will present a public lecture entitled "Conservative revolutionary: how Branch Rickey's signing of Jackie Robinson jump-started the modern civil rights movement."
Dr. Lowenfish received his PH.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1968. Among his numerous publications are four books, including his most recent: Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman, which will be available at both of his presentations.
Students are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to be a part of our inclusive excellence program.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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