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COUNTER-INAUGURAL
Thursday, January 20, 2005
A day of events on the University of Chicago campus.
COUNTER-INAUGURAL
10:30am-12:00pm
Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S Woodlawn Ave.
Cultural and artistic responses to the inauguration.
Spoken Word Artists: Gregorio Gomez, Alvin Lau, Cin Salach
Open Mic to Follow.
TEACH-IN
3:00pm-6:00pm
Swift Hall, Third Floor Lecture Hall, 1025 E 58th Street
Panel I: "What Happened?" 3:00-4:30
Speakers: Jerry Rosenberg on election analysis, particularly the gay marriage issue
Amy Hollywood on religion as a political factor/issue
Achy Obejas on election organizing and responses in Latino communities
Chris Meckstroth reflecting on student mobilization
Moderator: Debbie Nelson, Assoc Professor, English
Panel II: Where do we go from here? 4:30-6
Speakers: Jessica Graham reflecting on the experience of working the polls in Wisconsin for future mobilizations.
Mark Rifkin on possible responses in the gay movement, re. the battles ahead.
Christine Gomez on rethinking Latino and black community political coalitions.
Lisa Wedeen on international developments, perhaps especially on how prospective developments internationally (like the Middle East or Iraq war) might frame domestic politics in the years ahead. Will the chickens finally come home to roost?
Moderator: Tom Holt, Professor, History
PLENARY ROUNDTABLE
6:30pm-8:00pm
Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S Woodlawn Ave.
Speakers: Lauren Berlant, Professor, English
George Chauncey, Professor, History
Geoffrey Stone, Professor, the Law School
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Asst Professor, Political Science
Moderator: Cathy Cohen, Professor, Political Science
COUNTER-INAUGURAL BALL
8:00pm
Ida Noyes Hall, East Lounge, 1212 E 59th Street
A party with music and food provided.
The Need for a Counter-Inaugural.
At approximately 11:30 AM EST on Thursday, January 20th, George W. Bush will be sworn-in for a second term as President of the United States. While this event will be celebrated in Washington and in much of the country, almost half of the American people and practically all of the rest of the world will view it with extreme distress and dread. A substantial part of the University of Chicago community--including faculty, students, and staff--will be among those deeply concerned and affected by this event, especially those who worked so hard and with such dedication during the recent presidential election
to assure a different outcome, a different future. We intend through this "counter-inaugural," therefore, to provide an alternative to the events in Washington, an intellectual and physical space for reflection, analysis, and hope.
The events we are planning are intended to address, therefore, the need for solace and solidarity, but also to foster analysis and to empower ourselves for the trials that lay ahead. These events will have symbolic, political, intellectual, and moral valence, and they are framed by two fundamental questions: What has happened? What can we do about it? Some events will be highly symbolic, broadcasting to the University, Chicago, and world communities both our concerns about the outcome of the recent
election and our continued solidarity in the quest for a better, more humane future. Others will be devoted to analyses of recent political and social trends that affect us all. Our ultimate objective is to inspire at least the beginnings of a process of healing and reflection that will enable us, individually and perhaps collectively, to imagine a better future and the means for achieving it.
This event is being organized by concerned faculty, staff and students with support from The Center for Gender Studies, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, the Lesbian and Gay Studies Project and Rockefeller Chapel.
See the Center for Gender Studies website for details and updates: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/cgs/symposia.htm
Admission is free and open to the public. People with disabilities who
believe they may need assistance, please contact Gina Olson at 702-9936 or
golson@uchicago.edu.
Thursday, January 20, 2005
A day of events on the University of Chicago campus.
COUNTER-INAUGURAL
10:30am-12:00pm
Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S Woodlawn Ave.
Cultural and artistic responses to the inauguration.
Spoken Word Artists: Gregorio Gomez, Alvin Lau, Cin Salach
Open Mic to Follow.
TEACH-IN
3:00pm-6:00pm
Swift Hall, Third Floor Lecture Hall, 1025 E 58th Street
Panel I: "What Happened?" 3:00-4:30
Speakers: Jerry Rosenberg on election analysis, particularly the gay marriage issue
Amy Hollywood on religion as a political factor/issue
Achy Obejas on election organizing and responses in Latino communities
Chris Meckstroth reflecting on student mobilization
Moderator: Debbie Nelson, Assoc Professor, English
Panel II: Where do we go from here? 4:30-6
Speakers: Jessica Graham reflecting on the experience of working the polls in Wisconsin for future mobilizations.
Mark Rifkin on possible responses in the gay movement, re. the battles ahead.
Christine Gomez on rethinking Latino and black community political coalitions.
Lisa Wedeen on international developments, perhaps especially on how prospective developments internationally (like the Middle East or Iraq war) might frame domestic politics in the years ahead. Will the chickens finally come home to roost?
Moderator: Tom Holt, Professor, History
PLENARY ROUNDTABLE
6:30pm-8:00pm
Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S Woodlawn Ave.
Speakers: Lauren Berlant, Professor, English
George Chauncey, Professor, History
Geoffrey Stone, Professor, the Law School
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Asst Professor, Political Science
Moderator: Cathy Cohen, Professor, Political Science
COUNTER-INAUGURAL BALL
8:00pm
Ida Noyes Hall, East Lounge, 1212 E 59th Street
A party with music and food provided.
The Need for a Counter-Inaugural.
At approximately 11:30 AM EST on Thursday, January 20th, George W. Bush will be sworn-in for a second term as President of the United States. While this event will be celebrated in Washington and in much of the country, almost half of the American people and practically all of the rest of the world will view it with extreme distress and dread. A substantial part of the University of Chicago community--including faculty, students, and staff--will be among those deeply concerned and affected by this event, especially those who worked so hard and with such dedication during the recent presidential election
to assure a different outcome, a different future. We intend through this "counter-inaugural," therefore, to provide an alternative to the events in Washington, an intellectual and physical space for reflection, analysis, and hope.
The events we are planning are intended to address, therefore, the need for solace and solidarity, but also to foster analysis and to empower ourselves for the trials that lay ahead. These events will have symbolic, political, intellectual, and moral valence, and they are framed by two fundamental questions: What has happened? What can we do about it? Some events will be highly symbolic, broadcasting to the University, Chicago, and world communities both our concerns about the outcome of the recent
election and our continued solidarity in the quest for a better, more humane future. Others will be devoted to analyses of recent political and social trends that affect us all. Our ultimate objective is to inspire at least the beginnings of a process of healing and reflection that will enable us, individually and perhaps collectively, to imagine a better future and the means for achieving it.
This event is being organized by concerned faculty, staff and students with support from The Center for Gender Studies, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, the Lesbian and Gay Studies Project and Rockefeller Chapel.
See the Center for Gender Studies website for details and updates: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/cgs/symposia.htm
Admission is free and open to the public. People with disabilities who
believe they may need assistance, please contact Gina Olson at 702-9936 or
golson@uchicago.edu.