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The Future of Du Bois

41st Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture

Location

University Center : Ballroom

Date & Time

November 13, 2019, 6:00 pm7:30 pm

Description

Social Sciences Forum 
41st Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture

Nimi Wariboko
Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics in the School of Theology and Chair of the Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics Department, Boston University


"The Future of Du Bois: Consciousness, Citizenship, and Epistemology in Africa"


This lecture aims to bring Du Bois’s rich and complex concept of consciousness to the study of citizenship and epistemology in Africa.

Book signing to follow. 

Sponsored by: Department of Africana Studies, Office of the Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the Dresher Center for the Humanities; Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation; the Department of Philosophy.

UMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all faculty, staff, students, and visitors. If you would like to request accommodations (e.g., ASL interpreters, captioning, wheelchair access, etc.) for this event due to a disability, please notify us at least two weeks prior to the event. Requests received after that time cannot be guaranteed, but we will do our best to make arrangements for program access. Please contact us at socialscience@umbc.edu with your specific request and be sure to include the event title, date, and time.