Dallas, TX – Topic:
Diversity and Society
Guests:
Walter Benn Michaels & Timothy Potts
Description:
Is there a problem with the current idea of diversity? Walter Benn Michaels, professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, argues that our cultural focus on identity might allow economic inequalities to flourish. His book on the subject is "The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality" (Metropolitan Books, 2006). Michaels is in town to speak at SMU and will be our guest this evening.
Timothy Potts, Ph.D., immediate past director of Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum and organizer of the upcoming exhibit, "Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art" will join us for the Scene segment of the show.
Events/Appearances:
Walter Benn Michaels will speak as part of the Gilbert Lecture Series at Southern Methodist University on Thursday, November 8th at 6pm in DeGolyer Library on SMU's campus. More information is available at smu.edu/english.
"Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art" opens at Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum on November 18th, and runs through March 30th of next year. More information is available at www.kimbellart.org.
Publications/Recordings
"The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality" (Metropolitan Books, 2006)