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Radical Illini: Conversations on Student Activism

Event Type
Informational
Sponsor
University of Illinois Press and the Student Life & Culture Archives
Location
Smith Memorial Hall (805 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana) and Main Library, Room 106 (1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana)
Date
Oct 5, 2019   8:45 am - 4:00 pm  
Cost
No Cost
Contact
Julie Laut
E-Mail
jlaut2@illinois.edu
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Join us October 4–5, 2019, for a series of panels and presentations exploring the past and present of student activism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Inspired by the recently published U of I Press book, Radicals in the Heartland: The 1960s Student Protest Movement at the University of Illinois by Michael Metz, these events seek to inform and inspire!

Saturday sessions, 8:45 am–noon, Smith Hall 25, and 1:30 - 4:00 pm, Library 106

■ Radicals in the Heartland: Reflections on the 1960s Protest Movement
■ Keynote by Lae'l Hughes-Watkins
■ Documenting Student Activism: The Role of the Archive

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