{"id":172,"date":"2015-09-01T13:55:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/comparative-ethnic-studies\/?p=172"},"modified":"2016-08-30T14:03:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T19:03:40","slug":"the-ferguson-conjuncture-why-the-humanities-matter-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/comparative-ethnic-studies\/the-ferguson-conjuncture-why-the-humanities-matter-now\/","title":{"rendered":"George Lipsitz: The Ferguson Conjuncture: Why the Humanities Matter Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dr. George Lipsitz<\/strong>, Department of Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;The Ferguson Conjuncture: Why the Humanities Matter Now&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 4:30 pm<br \/>\n4th floor Conference Center<br \/>\nGolda Meir Library<br \/>\n2311 East Hartford Avenue<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ls-img-cap cap-r size-s\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/comparative-ethnic-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/382\/2016\/08\/george_lipsitz.jpg\" alt=\"George Lipsitz\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. George Lipsitz<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Comparative Ethnic Studies is pleased to co-sponsor, \u201cThe Ferguson Conjuncture: Why the Humanities Matter Now\u201d by Dr. George Lipsitz, American Studies scholar and professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n<p>We value the Humanities because it is those disciplines that teach us to think and ask us to consider the world around us. Is our society fair? Do our actions promote justice? How does power and the perception of race impact how we speak, act, and think \u2013 especially after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the ensuing #blacklivesmatter movement? We\u2019ll explore these questions with George Lipsitz and find out how the humanities can help us answer the tough questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Africology is pleased to co-sponsor, \u201cThe Ferguson Conjuncture: Why the Humanities Matter Now\u201d by Dr. George Lipsitz, American Studies scholar and professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.&hellip; <span class=\"ls-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/comparative-ethnic-studies\/the-ferguson-conjuncture-why-the-humanities-matter-now\/\"><em>Continue Reading<\/em> &raquo;<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news-and-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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