Professor Lisa Corrigan Dissects the Rhetoric of Urban Race Riots

The J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences' Humanities Faculty Colloquium Series presents professor Lisa Corrigan who will discuss new research on urban rebellions and race riots. The talk will take place at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the classroom in Carnall Inn on the University of Arkansas campus.

Corrigan's talk, "Feeling Riots: The Emotional Language of Urban Rebellion," reflects upon the multiple interpretations of major urban rebellions in the United States between 1964-1969 to understand how descriptions of the major race riots, especially the metaphor of the powder keg, created and reflected racialized political feelings where hopelessness replaced hope as the emotional framework for racial liberalism and as the possibly of integration ebbed. 

Professor Corrigan is the author of Prison Power: How Prison Influenced the Movement for Black Liberation, winner of the Diamond Anniversary Book Award and the Culture Division's 2017 outstanding book award, both from the National Communication Association. Corrigan directs the Gender Studies program and is an associate professor of Communication.

The faculty colloquium series highlights compelling humanistic research that invites intellectual exchange. The event is free and open to the public. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served. 

Contacts

Kathryn Ann Sloan, professor
Department of History
479-575-5887, ksloan@uark.edu

Andra Parrish Liwag, director of communications
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-4393, liwag@uark.edu

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