Wyoming Humanities Network » lectures http://wyominghumanitiescouncil.org/blog Hosted by the Wyoming Humanities Council Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:01:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Malcolm X’s Daughter to Speak at UW Tonight! http://wyominghumanitiescouncil.org/blog/2010/01/malcolm-xs-daughter-to-speak-at-uw-tonight/ http://wyominghumanitiescouncil.org/blog/2010/01/malcolm-xs-daughter-to-speak-at-uw-tonight/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:21:50 +0000 Jenn Koiter http://wyominghumanitiescouncil.org/blog/?p=919 shabazzwebIlyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, will deliver the keynote address for the University of Wyoming’s annual Martin Luther King Jr./Days of Dialogue celebration tonight at 7:30 p.m.  in the Wyoming Union Ballroom. From the university’s web site:

Author of the book “Growing Up X,” Shabazz is committed to developing educational programs that foster self-empowerment; expanding the role of government to teach individual responsibility for improving society; and capitalizing on the arts and entertainment to encourage the understanding of history, culture and self expression.

She is the daughter of Malcolm X, an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, but his detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy and violence. Malcolm X has been described as one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. Shabazz was only 2 years old and present when her father was assassinated in 1965 in New York.

Shabazz produces “The WAKE-UP Tour,” her exclusive youth empowerment program designed to inspire young people to think and act critically to safeguard their futures. She also is corporation president and trustee of her parents’ legacy, The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center, Inc. at The Audubon, the place of her father’s assassination.

The full news release is available here. For more information about this week’s events, visit the Days of Dialogue page on the University of Wyoming web site.

]]> http://wyominghumanitiescouncil.org/blog/2010/01/malcolm-xs-daughter-to-speak-at-uw-tonight/feed/ 0 Wyoming Humanities Calendar, June 8-14 http://wyominghumanitiescouncil.org/blog/2009/06/wyoming-humanities-calendar-june-8-14/ http://wyominghumanitiescouncil.org/blog/2009/06/wyoming-humanities-calendar-june-8-14/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:02:30 +0000 Jenn Koiter http://wyominghumanitiescouncil.org/blog/?p=351 Our Summer Classics Institute Public Lecture Series continues until Thursday! This year’s lectures center on 5th century Athens. All lectures begin at 7 p.m., at the University of Wyoming College of Law, Room 142. See you there!

Here are the lecture topics:

Monday, June 8
“Staging Intellectualism: Euripides and Athens,” Dr. Lorenzo Garcia, University of New Mexico
Tuesday, June 9
“Protagoras Refutes Himself,” Dr. Rob Colter, University of Wyoming
Wednesday, June 10
“Wine, Women, and Song: The Symposium in Ancient Art,” Dr. Susann Lusnia, Tulane University
Thursday, June 11
“Socrates on Trial,” Dr. Philip Holt, University of Wyoming

And here are the other events taking place around the state this week!

June 8, 6:30 p.m.
Gillette, Rockpile Museum
Humanities Forum: Buying, Selling and Trading in Indian Country by William Bauer

June 10, 2 p.m.
Saratoga, Saratoga Public Library
Reading Wyoming

June 11, 6 p.m.
Cheyenne, Laramie County Library
Grant Program: A Short History of American Art

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