RS-Field_Faculty Book Talk with Hershini Young, Alexander Weheliye, and Chris Abani
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The Warfield Center is proud to celebrate Dr. Hershini Young’s latest publication "Falling, Floating, Flickering: Disability and Differential Movement in African Diasporic Performance.”
Young will discuss her new work, writing process, and source for her inspiration. She will be joined in conversation by special guests Alexander G. Weheliye (Professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University) and Chris Abani (Professor of English at Northwestern University).
Agenda
Program Welcome
Dr. Jennifer M. Wilks, Warfield Center Director and Associate Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin
Warfield Center Faculty Book Talk: “Falling, Floating, Flickering: Disability and Differential Movement in African Diasporic Performance”
Dr. Hershini Young, Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Alexander G. Weheliye, Professor of Modern Culture and Media, Brown University
Dr. Chris Abani, Novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright; Professor of English, Northwestern University
Q&A
Live audience questions alternating with virtual audience questions presented by Dr. Jennifer M. Wilks
Closing Remarks
Dr. Jennifer M. Wilks