Context & Consequences: The Hill-Thomas Hearing 20 Years Later
Thursday, 10/06/2011 8:50 AM (EST)
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MEDIA ADVISORY Context and Consequences: The Hill-Thomas Hearings Twenty Years Later Anita Hill Thursday, October 6, 2011, 9:00 a.m - 5:30 p.m. Georgetown University Law Center 120 F Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20001 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks William Treanor, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center Emma Coleman Jordan, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Professor, Spelman College 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Context: Race and Political Representation Charles Ogletree, Professor, Harvard Law School (Interviewer) Carole Simpson, Leader in Residence, Emerson College; former Anchor, ABC News 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Consequences: The Burden of History in a Post-Race Era Paul Butler, Professor, George Washington University Law School Angela J. Davis, Professor, American University Washington College of Law Elvin Wyly, Professor, University of British Columbia Emma Coleman Jordan, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center(Moderator) 12:00 - 12:45 p.m. History Repeating? Gender vs. Race in the 2008 Democratic Primary Mark Anthony Neal, Professor, Duke University Amy Richards, Co-founder, Soapbox, Inc. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Professor, Spelman College (Moderator) 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Context: Women, Leadership, and the Politics of Gender Michel Martin, Host, "Tell Me More," NPR (Interviewer) Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, (D-DC), Professor, Georgetown University Law Center 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Consequences: 21st Century Women Parity in Public Life and in the Workplace Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Professor, University of California, Berkeley Vicki Schultz, Professor, Yale Law School Kim Taylor-Thompson, Professor, New York University School of Law(Moderator) 4:45 - 5:00 p.m. Closing Anita Hill, Professor, Brandeis University; Of Counsel, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC This conference marks the twentieth anniversary of the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings. The participants will discuss issues of race, gender and authority in American society. Media interested in attending should email mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu. If you are not a member of the news media and would like to attend, please complete the registration form.
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