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Up Against Erasure | Panel Discussion: The Ends of Percival Everett’s "Erasure"

Oct 9, 2026   3:00 pm  
Levis Faculty Center 300
Lecture
Erasure book cover
Sponsor
Humanities Research Institute (HRI)
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HRI
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HRI

Join us for a panel discussion with artists and scholars on Everett’s Erasure. Each panelist will provide a different window into what’s beyond Erasure or what reading Erasure inspires (broadly conceived).

Featuring: Lauren Jackson (English, Northwestern University), Candice Jenkins (African American Studies/English), and Stacey Robinson (Art and Design). Moderator: Robert Dale Parker (Emeritus, English).

Organized by 2025-26 HRI Director’s Fellow Christopher Freeburg (English) and affiliated with the Black Letters Collective.

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