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[PAST EVENT] The Reconstruction of Asa Carter
March 27, 2013
7pm
In the 1950s and 60s, Asa Carter was a leader in the segregationist movement--a speechwriter for George Wallace and an avowed racist. But in the 1970s, he reinvented himself as "Forrest" Carter, penning the memoir "The Education of Little Tree," a story of Native American boyhood that became a national bestseller.
Dr. Laura Browder, Professor of American Studies at the University of Richmond, will be screening her film "The Reconstruction of Asa Carter": http://reconstructionofasacarter.com/
There will be a reception and Q&A with students and faculty. She'll then meet with students and interested faculty in the same room (with food) from 11:30-1pm that Thursday to talk about being a "public intellectual," or reaching outside the academy with academic work.
Laura Browder is the author of "When Janey Comes Marching Home: Stories of American Women at War," "Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America" and "Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and American Identities." She's currently working on a documentary about her grandfather, former head of the American Communist Party during the Cold War, the famous Earl Browder.
LCST, American Studies, and the History Department have joined forces to put on this screening and discussion. Both events should be enlightening and fun--especially for students of history, American Studies, film, and gender/ethnicity studies. The screening and discussion are free and open to the public.
Dr. Laura Browder, Professor of American Studies at the University of Richmond, will be screening her film "The Reconstruction of Asa Carter": http://reconstructionofasacarter.com/
There will be a reception and Q&A with students and faculty. She'll then meet with students and interested faculty in the same room (with food) from 11:30-1pm that Thursday to talk about being a "public intellectual," or reaching outside the academy with academic work.
Laura Browder is the author of "When Janey Comes Marching Home: Stories of American Women at War," "Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America" and "Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and American Identities." She's currently working on a documentary about her grandfather, former head of the American Communist Party during the Cold War, the famous Earl Browder.
LCST, American Studies, and the History Department have joined forces to put on this screening and discussion. Both events should be enlightening and fun--especially for students of history, American Studies, film, and gender/ethnicity studies. The screening and discussion are free and open to the public.