On Tuesday, February 23, the Center for the Humanities and Institute for Research in the Humanities are teaming up to bring a speaker to UW-Madison that may be of interest to the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement.
“If It Were Only the Blues” will be Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. in the Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room L140.
Earl Lewis is President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and served as Emory University’s first African American provost, becoming the highest ranking African American administrator in University history. A well-regarded social historian, he has been a champion of the importance of diversifying the academy, enhancing graduate education, re-visioning the liberal arts, exploring the role of digital tools for learning, and connecting universities to their communities. The author and co-editor of seven books, he has written numerous essays, articles, and reviews on different aspects of American and African American history. Click here to read more about Earl Lewis and see event details.
Would the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement please help us promote this event and forward it to interested faculty, staff, and students? His lecture also serves as our 2016 Nellie Y. McKay Lecture in the Humanities.