Evolutionary Biologist to Speak about Race at UA ALLELE Lecture
Dr. Joseph Graves Jr., an evolutionary biologist and geneticist, will speak about race Nov. 10 as a part of the Alabama Lectures on Life’s Evolution, or ALLELE, seminar series.
Philosopher to Discuss Race, Criminal Justice in UA Lecture
Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, a philosophy scholar at the University of Michigan, will speak about race and criminal justice during the second lecture of The University of Alabama’s Philosophy Today Series.
UA Launches Website for Studying Scottsboro Trials
The Alabama Digital Humanities Center is launching a new online database called “‘To See Justice Done’: Letters from the Scottsboro Trials,” at noon Monday, Oct. 24, in room 109a of Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.
UA Welcomes More than 20 Cuban Scholars, Artists for Cuba Week
The University of Alabama’s Cuba Week kicks off Monday, Oct. 24 at 8:30 a.m. at Bryant-Jordan Hall on the UA campus.
Gladney Lecturer at UA Speaks on KKK Lawsuit
Laurence Leamer, a New York Times bestselling author, will present the 13th Rose Gladney Lecture on Justice and Social Change at The University of Alabama at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Gorgas Library, room 205, on the UA campus.
Mills Lecturer at UA to Speak on Art, Technology Entrepreneurship
Doug McCraw, art collector and founder of the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, arts district FATVillage, will discuss “The Creative Entrepreneur: The Nexus of Art and Technology” during the Helen Crow Mills and John Carroll Mills Lecture at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21, in room 3111 of the Ferguson Center on The University of Alabama campus.
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby Comes to UA for Town Hall
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby will visit The University of Alabama on Monday, Oct. 24, for an open question-and-answer session as a part of UA’s Blount Speaker Series.
LGBTQA+ Lecture and Symposium
In honor of LGBTQA+ history month in October, The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences is hosting an LGBTQA+ symposium with keynote lecturer Dr. Jeffrey McCune, an associate professor of women, gender, sexual studies and African and African American studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
Titanic Explorer Robert Ballard Comes to UA
Noted oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard will present a lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Sellers Auditorium at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.
Broadway Producer to Present UA Lecture on Musicals
Noted theatrical producer Jack Viertel, who has shepherded numerous shows to Broadway including “The Piano Lesson,” “Angels in America,” “City of Angels” and “M. Butterfly,” will speak about “The Secret Life of the American Musical” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at the Marian Gallaway Theatre on The University of Alabama campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.