The Department of American Studies would like to invite you to join us for The Annual David Noble Lecture.
David Noble was an American studies professor at the University of Minnesota who retired in 2009 after 50 years of teaching. Noble made substantial contributions to American studies. Each spring, we present the annual David Noble Lecture in his honor, which features a groundbreaking scholar of American studies who offer fresh perspectives on our history and culture.
Our guest speaker this year is University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Alumna, Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson, presenting "The Future of Radical History: Democracy, Love and the Metaphor of Two Worlds."
Assistant Professor Gaye Theresa Johnson, Ph.D. writes and teaches on race and racism, cultural history, spatial politics, and political economy at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Her first book, "Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity: Music, Race, and Spatial Entitlement in Los Angeles" (University of California Press) is a history of civil rights and spatial struggles among Black and Brown freedom seekers and cultural workers in LA. Johnson’s current work includes an edited volume on "The Futures of Black Radicalism," co-edited with Alex Lubin, and a single-authored book currently titled "These Walls Will Fall: Protest at the Intersection of Immigrant Detention and Mass Incarceration." In it, she demonstrates how visual and aural protest art constitutes one of the most significant discourses of resistance to 20th and 21st century anti-immigrant and pro-carceral policy and practices, revealing how expressive cultures enact an alternative narrative history about migration, race, and power.
Johnson has also contributed journal articles and book chapters to historical, cultural studies, and ethnic studies volumes. She has been a visiting researcher at Stanford University’s Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, as well as at the African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is active with the Los Angeles Community Action Network’s struggle for housing and civil rights on LA’s skid row and is the 2013 recipient of the Freedom Now! Award for her efforts. She is a member of the board of directors for the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) and an advisory board member for the Rosenberg Fund for Children.
The event is on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, from 7-9 PM in Walter Library Room 402 and will be live streamed at https://umn.zoom.us/j/
PARKING:
Weisman Art Museum Garage
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN, 55455
East River Road Garage
385 East River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN, 55455
Church Street Garage
80 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN, 55455
ACCESSIBILITY:
Exterior access via power door west side, and entrance on first floor.
Tunnel access via northeast side in basement connected to Johnston, and southeast side in basement connected to Smith.
Elevator.
Adapted restrooms.
For more information please email American Studies at amstdy@umn.edu
