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Fostering a Diverse and Healthy Democracy in a Period of Polarization

Schine Student Center, Goldstein Auditorium

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Michael Eric Dyson and John McWhorter, prominent authors and thought leaders who express divergent views regarding free speech surrounding race and the portrayal of racial identity, will explore the health and future of democracy in a conversation moderated by Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter.

Dyson is the Distinguished University Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies in the College of Arts and Science and Distinguished University Professor of Ethics and Society at the Divinity School at Vanderbilt. McWhorter teaches courses in linguistics, Western civilization and music history at Columbia University, specializing in language change and language contact.


Category

Social Science and Public Policy

Type

Talks

Region

Campus

Open to

Public

Contact

Sarah McAndrew
315.443.2494

slmcandr@syr.edu

Accessibility

Contact Sarah McAndrew to request accommodations

Exterior of Maxwell in black and white when there was no Eggers building

We’re Turning 100!


To mark our centennial in the fall of 2024, the Maxwell School will hold special events and engagement opportunities to celebrate the many ways—across disciplines and borders—our community ever strives to, as the Oath says, “transmit this city not only not less, but greater, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.”

Throughout the year leading up to the centennial, engagement opportunities will be held for our diverse, highly accomplished community that now boasts more than 38,500 alumni across the globe.