Pitt Family Foundation Speaker Series: Professor Eddie Glaude, Jr.

Jan. 26, 2021: A talk with author and intellectual Eddie Glaude Jr. and moderated by former Tucson mayor Jonathan Rothschild. This is the first event in the Pitt Family Foundation Speaker Series, a new series hosted by the Participatory Democracy Initiative at University of Arizona Law. You may RSVP here or use the registration link below.
About Eddie Glaude, Jr.
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is an intellectual who speaks to the complex dynamics of the American experience. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and the Chair of the African American Studies Department at Princeton University.
His most well-known books, "Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul," and "In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America," take a wide look at black communities, the difficulties of race in the United States, and the challenges facing our democracy. And, his most recent book, "Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own," has been named one of the 100 Must-Read books of 2020.
Glaude is an American critic in the tradition of James Baldwin and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In his writings, the country's complexities, vulnerabilities, and the opportunities for hope come into full view--hope that is, in one of his favorite quotes from W.E.B Du Bois, "not hopeless, but a bit unhopeful."
Glaude is the former president of the American Academy of Religion. Known to be a convener of conversations and debates, Glaude takes care to engage fellow citizens of all ages and backgrounds--from young activists to fellow academics, journalists and commentators, and followers on Twitter--in dialogue about the direction of the nation. His scholarship and his sense of himself as a public intellectual are driven by a commitment to think carefully with others in public.
About the Pitt Family Foundation Speaker Series
This is the first year of the Pitt Family Foundation Speaker Series, part of the Participatory Democracy Initiative at the University of Arizona. The Participatory Democracy Initiative is an interdisciplinary and community-engaged program of the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, the School of Government & Public Policy, and the School of Journalism. Stay tuned for announcements on the remaining three very special guest speakers for the spring 2021 season.