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Jennifer McClellan
Race, Equity, and Policymaking
10/14/2020 - 5:00pm
Online

Virginia Sen. Jennifer McClellan ’97 will offer a glimpse into the real-world and challenging task of policymaking to address racial inequities.

McClellan, who has served in the Virginia General Assembly since 2006, is a Democratic gubernatorial candidate for the 2021 election. If elected, she will be the first woman to serve as governor of Virginia, and the first Black female governor in the nation. 

irma palmer
Virtual Event: "The New Age of Advocacy: Wide-ranging Tools to Effect Change"
06/18/2020 - 12:00pm
Online

Virtual Event: "The New Age of Advocacy: Wide-ranging Tools to Effect Change" with Irma Palmer (MPP '15)

Thursday, June 1812pm

brian williams
Virtual Event: Expert Chat, “Where Do We Go From Here? What Can Colleges and Universities Do to Improve Police-Community Relations?”
06/17/2020 - 12:00pm
Online

Virtual Event: Expert Chat, “Where Do We Go From Here? What Can Colleges and Universities Do to Improve Police-Community Relations?” with Brian Williams

Wednesday, June 17 - 12pm

 

jamila hodge
Virtual Event: "Rethinking and Reshaping Prosecution"
06/15/2020 - 12:00pm
Online

Virtual Event: "Rethinking and Reshaping Prosecution" with Jamila Hodge

Monday, June 15 - 12pm

brian Robinson
Art Reception with Torres Strait Islander Artist Brian Robinson
02/20/2020 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA

Have you always wanted to visit Australia? This is your chance! Renowned Torres Strait Island artist Brian Robinson will join us for a reception to celebrate his exhibition Tithuyil (Moving with the Rhythm of the Stars). This event is free, and cheese and wine will be provided.

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Twin Oaks: Insight into an Egalitarian Community
02/05/2020 - 4:45pm to 6:00pm
Gibson Hall 211

Free and open to the public. Reception precedes event.

Twin Oaks is a local, income-sharing, intentional community. Stephan Przybylowicz and Ari Tupelo Sandler will discuss the community’s commitment to non-violence, how their income-sharing model works to help combat structural inequalities (such as sexism), and how the community grapples with internal power dynamics to lessen its effects.

Final Friday Opening - Nick Cave
02/28/2020 - 6:00pm
Ruffin Hall

Please join the Studio Art department for the opening of an exhibition of video work by artist Nick Cave, Ruffin’s Distinguished Artist-in-Residence for Spring 2020! 

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Artist Lecture: Guadalupe Maravilla
02/06/2020 - 5:30pm
Campbell Hall 160

Please join the Studio Art department and the Sculpture concentration for an artist lecture by Guadalupe Maravilla!

Cas Mudde
The Far Right Today
02/05/2020 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
UVA Minor Hall, Rm 125

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

Today’s far right is neither your grandfather’s world-destroying fascism, nor your father’s ineffective radical right. Its mainstreaming and normalization is the major threat to liberal democracies around the world. Cas Mudde explains why it’s high time to help fight off this threat.

joan scott
Accounting for History: The Movements for Reparations for Slavery in the U.S.
01/30/2020 - 4:00pm
Rotunda Dome Room

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

Reviewing the long history of demands for reparations and looking closely at the current movements, Joan Scott will argue that although material compensation is certainly part of the effort, the demand for reparations is best understood as a critique of the conventional writing of American history.  It is an example of a critical politics that takes its aim at the way history represents the past.

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