How To Be An Antiracist: A Conversation With Ibram X. Kendi

Fall 2021 Symposium Lecture:

HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST: A CONVERSATION WITH IBRAM X. KENDI MODERATED BY KEVIN WILLMOTT

Rescheduled from March 2020, Ibram X. Kendi will be the Self Graduate Fellowship’s featured Symposium speaker on October 7, 2021, at 3:30p.m. at the Lied Center of Kansas. This is a standalone lecture, no other 2020 Symposium components will be rescheduled. The traditional 2021 Symposium will be held in April. Dr. Kendi is a New York Times bestselling author, professor of history and international relations, and the founding Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. He has authored five books which include Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America and How to Be an Antiracist.

The conversation with Dr. Kendi will be moderated by Dr. Kevin Willmott. Dr. Willmott is a American film director, screenwriter, and professor of film at the University of Kansas. He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, and Bunker Hill. Most recently Willmott won a Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award with Spike Lee for BlacKkKlansman.

The lecture is held in partnership with several KU departments including: Graduate Studies; Academic Success; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging; and the Office of Multicultural Affairs. In addition to his lecture, the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging and the Office of Multicultural Affairs will be hosting other events to provide the campus with ongoing conversation around Dr. Kendi’s work.

Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance due to the limited seating capacity. If you would like to reserve tickets, please email SGF@ku.edu prior to September 1. Dr. Kendi's contract does not allow for this lecture to be recorded or live streamed.

Thursday, October 7, 2021

3:30-5:00p.m.

Lied Center of Kansas

selfgraduate.ku.edu/kendi