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Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth: Q&A with Lou Turner

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Humanities Research Institute (HRI)
Date
May 5, 2025   5:00 - 6:30 pm  
Registration
Registration
Contact
Chelsea Birchmier
E-Mail
csb3@illinois.edu
Originating Calendar
Campus Humanities Calendar

On the 60th anniversary of U.S. publication of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth, 100 years since Fanon’s birth, UIUC Urban & Regional Planning Professor and Fanon Scholar Lou Turner will join the HRI Social Movements Reading Group for a Q&A on Wretched and its impacts on U.S. social movements including Black Power, Black Studies, and Black Arts. Food provided, open to all. RSVP: bit.ly/READMOVEMENTS

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