UA Conference on ‘Race and Place’ Attracts National Speakers

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – More than 30 presenters from around the nation will discuss issues concerning race and ethnicity at the “Race and Place in the Americas” conference on March 7-8 at The University of Alabama.

The two-day conference focusing on racial issues in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean and elsewhere will begin at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 7, in UA’s Bidgood Hall. The conference is open to the public, and more information is available at http://www.ua.edu/academic/colleges/raceandplace/.

UA’s history department and the College of Arts and Sciences are sponsoring the conference. Attending all or portions of the two-day conference sessions is free, and advanced registration is not required. Partaking in the two conference-sponsored meals requires registration by March 1 and costs $15, with details available at the above Web site.

Presenters are scheduled from Princeton, Tulane, the University of Michigan, Vanderbilt, Northwestern University, Harvard, University of Georgia, University of Southern California, University of Toronto and elsewhere. The March 8 sessions are from 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m.

Dr. Lisa Dorr, UA assistant professor of history and chairperson of the history department’s diversity committee, is the conference’s primary organizer.

The College of Arts and Sciences is UA’s largest division and the largest public liberal arts college in the state, with approximately 5,000 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students. The College has received national recognition for academic excellence, and A&S students have been selected for many of the nation’s top academic honors, including 15 Rhodes Scholarships, 13 Goldwater Scholarships, seven Truman Scholarships and 15 memberships on USA Today’s Academic All-American teams.