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Cathy Cohen Public Lecture, "Whose Black Lives Matter? The Politics of Black Love and Violence"

Cathy Cohen
March 3, 2015
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Hale Hall Black Cultural Center, MLK Lounge Room 132

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Add to Calendar 2015-03-03 16:00:00 2015-03-03 18:00:00 Cathy Cohen Public Lecture, "Whose Black Lives Matter? The Politics of Black Love and Violence" Cathy Cohen's general field of specialization is American politics, although her research interests include African-American politics, women and politics, lesbian and gay politics, and social movements. She is currently the David and Mary Winton Green Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago.  She is the author of the book The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics (University Of Chicago Press, 1999), the co-editor with Kathleen Jones and Joan Tronto of Women Transforming Politics: An Alternative Reader (New York University Press, 1997) and her newest text is Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics (Oxford University Press, 2010). Listen to her discuss Democracy Remixed here! Cohen also is editor with Frederick Harris of a new book series from Oxford Press entitled Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. This event is hosted by the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the Department of African American and African Studies, the Multicultural Center, the Department of English, the Department of Comparative Studies, the College of Education and Human Ecology, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Sexuality Studies Program and the Diversity and Identity Studies Collective at OSU. Hale Hall Black Cultural Center, MLK Lounge Room 132 Department of Comparative Studies compstudies@osu.edu America/New_York public
Cathy Cohen's general field of specialization is American politics, although her research interests include African-American politics, women and politics, lesbian and gay politics, and social movements. She is currently the David and Mary Winton Green Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. 
 
She is the author of the book The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics (University Of Chicago Press, 1999), the co-editor with Kathleen Jones and Joan Tronto of Women Transforming Politics: An Alternative Reader (New York University Press, 1997) and her newest text is Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics (Oxford University Press, 2010). Listen to her discuss Democracy Remixed here!
 
Cohen also is editor with Frederick Harris of a new book series from Oxford Press entitled Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities.
 
This event is hosted by the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the Department of African American and African Studies, the Multicultural Center, the Department of English, the Department of Comparative Studies, the College of Education and Human Ecology, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Sexuality Studies Program and the Diversity and Identity Studies Collective at OSU.