Angela Hattery, director of the women and gender studies program, and sociology professor Earl Smith will be in Charlottesville, Va., this week, speaking about their book, Policing Black Bodies. They are taking part in the Virginia Festival of the Book, which takes place from March 21-25, 2018.
Hattery and Smith will discuss their work at Charlottesville High School on Friday, March 23, from 1:10 – 2:00 pm (event is open to students and staff of Charlottesville High School). They will also appear in a panel discussion: Social Structures, Political Struggles, with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, an African American studies professor from Princeton University and author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation. The discussion, open to the public, will take place on Saturday, March 24, from 12:00 – 1:30 pm at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center.
Hattery recognizes the relevance of their work, particularly in these venues. “It’s an honor to be invited to participate in the Virginia Festival of the Book because it offers us an opportunity to engage in dialogue with the folks in Charlottesville, a community that has so recently experienced many of the issues we address in the book, including racial violence and tensions with the police. We look forward to our conversations in Charlottesville!”
The Virginia Festival of the Book is a signature program of Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) and the Virginia Center for the Book. It brings readers and writers together for a five-day program of mostly free events including author readings, book signings, panel discussions, programs for children, and more. The 24th annual Festival will be held March 21-25, 2018, in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. The Festival has consistently attracted audiences of more than 20,000 from more than forty states each year, with an estimated local economic impact of about $4 million annually. To learn more, visit VaBook.org.
About VFH: The mission of Virginia Foundation for the Humanities is to connect people and ideas to explore the human experience and inspire cultural engagement. VFH reaches an estimated annual audience of 23 million through Community Programs, Digital Initiatives, Scholarship, and the Virginia Center for the Book. For more information, visit VirginiaHumanities.org.
March 20, 2018
