UA History Department to Host Conference on Race and Place

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Fifteen presenters from around the nation will discuss issues concerning race and race relations at the “Conference on Race and Place in Global Perspective” on March 8-9 at The University of Alabama.

The two-day conference begins at 3 p.m. Friday and will be held in rooms 312/313 of the Ferguson Center on the UA campus. Saturday’s sessions begin at 9:30 a.m.

The conference is sponsored by the history department and the College of Arts and Sciences. Attending all or portions of the two-day conference is free, and advanced registration is not required.

Presenters are scheduled from Tulane, University of California-Santa
Cruz, Dartmouth College, the University of Virginia, Duke University, UA and elsewhere.

For more information contact Dr. Kari Frederickson in the UA history department at 348-7100.

Contact

Chris Bryant, 205/348-8323, cbryant@ur.ua.edu

Source

Dr. Kari Frederickson, 205/348-7100