Eric King Watts听of the University of North Carolina at听Chapel Hill will deliver the 2018 Josephine Jones lecture on 鈥淔lesh to Speech: The Problem of Racism for Public Address.鈥澨�
Watts, an associate professor at UNC鈥檚 Department of Communication, will explore the ways in which public voice is invented, performed, consumed听and suppressed, with particular attention paid to black public voice.听听
The annual public lecture series鈥攑rimarily organized by the Center for Communication and Democratic Engagement鈥攊s funded through a bequest by Josephine B. Jones and co-sponsored by the 兔子先生传媒文化作品 Department of Communication; the College of Media, Communication and Information and others.听
The lecture will serve as the keynote for the 30th anniversary of the听, an annual event that brings together top scholars of rhetoric and politics to analyze and engage pressing civic issues, from ancient times until today.
This year鈥檚 conference theme, 鈥淓mbodying Justice,鈥� will involve discussions of race, education, reproduction, climate, the economy, immigration, queer memory and more.
The conference will take place Thursday, Sept. 27, through Saturday, Sept. 29.
The Josephine Jones lecture is free and open to the public, as are two afternoon pre-conference roundtables on education and justice. Other PAC sessions required registration, which is now closed.
If you go
Josephine Jones lecture听鈥淔lesh to Speech: The Problem of Racism for Public Address鈥澨�
Who: Open to the public
When: Thursday, Sept. 27, 5鈥�6:45 p.m.听
Where: Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE), auditorium
Public Address Conference pre-conference roundtables
Who: Open to the public
When: Thursday, Sept. 27 |听鈥淓ducation and Justice鈥� pre-conference symposium听2:30鈥�3:30 p.m. | 鈥淩hetorical Studies and Trends in Higher Education鈥� roundtable 3:30鈥�4:40 p.m.
Where: University Memorial Center, Room 235
