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David Roediger, "Education of an Ordinary White"

Event Type: Lecture
Sponsor: Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
Location: 1002 Lincoln Hall
Date: Mar 27, 2025 5:15 - 6:45 pm
Contact: Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
E-Mail: Unit-for-Criticism@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar: Campus Humanities Calendar; David Roediger, Foundation Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas and former UIUC professor, is a leading scholar on race and class in the U.S. The author of the landmark book The Wages of Whiteness, Roediger offers a critical response to the attack on Critical Race Theory while reflecting on his own upbringing and radicalization in Illinois.