BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//130.74.126.25//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Center for the Study of Southern Culture X-WR-CALDESC: X-FROM-URL:https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-25224@southernstudies.olemiss.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T203335Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:History\,Lecture\,Online\,South Talks CONTACT:Afton Thomas\; amthoma4@olemiss.edu DESCRIPTION:“The Price of the Ticket: Paying for Diversity and Inclusion” by Deborah Gray White\nMany colleges and universities have added “diversit y and inclusion” to their mission statements in recent years\, but these g oals have financial and emotional costs and are not achieved without inten tional and thoughtful effort to dismantle the structures that perpetuate e xclusion and homogeneity. Rutgers University began this process in 2015 by delving into its history and exploring how and why the structures that ex cluded African Americans for more than 200 years were created. For this ye ar’s Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern Cultural History\, Rutgers history professor Deborah Gray White will talk about that history and the price Ru tgers paid\, and is paying\, to make the diversity that it advertises a re ality.\nThe title of White’s lecture is “The Price of the Ticket: Paying f or Diversity and Inclusion\,” which she will deliver at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday\ , Sept. 21. This will be a virtual\, online event.\nAlong with delivering the Gilder-Jordan Lecture\, White will meet online with graduate students from across the UM campus at 9 a.m. to discuss her work with the Rutgers s tudents who researched and wrote most of the essays published in Rutgers’ “Scarlet and Black” university history. Her discussion with graduate stude nts will cover the value of this kind of research\, including the benefits of researching outside of one’s field of expertise\, doing collaborative work\, entering the job market with published material\, and learning the ins and outs of academic publishing. If you are a UM graduate student inte rested in this session\, register here.\nDeborah Gray White is Board of Go vernors Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University in New Br unswick\, New Jersey. She is a specialist in the history of African Americ an women. Author of “Ar’n’t I a Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation Sou th” and “Too Heavy a Load: Black Women in Defense of Themselves\, 1894–199 4\,” White is also editor of “Telling Histories: Black Women in the Ivory Tower\,” a collection of personal narratives written by African American w omen historians that chronicle the entry of Black women into the historica l profession and the development of the field of Black women’s history. Sh e currently codirects the “Scarlet and Black Project\,” which investigates American Indians and African Americans in the history of Rutgers Universi ty.\nOrganized through the Center for the Study of Southern Culture\, the African American studies program\, Center for Civil War Research\, and the Department of History\, the Gilder-Jordan Speaker Series is made possible through the generosity of the Gilder Foundation\, Inc. The series honors the late Richard Gilder of New York and his family\, as well as University of Mississippi alumni Dan and Lou Jordan of Virginia.\nRegister for White ’s lecture here. \nTickets: https://olemiss.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEuf uusqz4vHNIiojZTUjjCbdfoDtjIN6Wn. DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210921T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210921T183000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Gilder Jordan Lecture: “The Price of the Ticket: Paying for Diversi ty and Inclusion” URL:https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/event/gilder-jordan-lecture/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/debora hgraywhite-200x226.jpg\;200\;226\,medium\;https://southernstudies.olemiss. edu/media/deborahgraywhite-200x226.jpg\;200\;226\,large\;https://southerns tudies.olemiss.edu/media/deborahgraywhite-200x226.jpg\;200\;226\,full\;htt ps://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/deborahgraywhite-200x226.jpg\;200\; 226 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\n“The Price of the Ticket: Paying for Diversity and Inclusion” by Debo rah Gray White
\nMany colleges and universities have added “diversity and inclusion” to their mission statements in recent years\, but these goals h ave financial and emotional costs and are not achieved without intentional and thoughtful effort to dismantle the structures that perpetuate exclusi on and homogeneity. Rutgers University began this process in 2015 by delvi ng into its history and exploring how and why the structures that excluded African Americans for more than 200 years were created. For this year’s G ilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern Cultural History\, Rutgers history profes sor Deborah Gray White will talk about that history and the price Rutg ers paid\, and is paying\, to make the diversity that it advertises a real ity.
\nThe title of White’s lecture is “The Price of the Ticket: Pay ing for Diversity and Inclusion\,” which she will deliver at 5:30 p.m. Tue sday\, Sept. 21. This will be a virtual\, online event.
\nAlong with delivering the Gilder-Jordan Lecture\, White will meet online with gradua te students from across the UM campus at 9 a.m. to discuss her work with t he Rutgers students who researched and wrote most of the essays published in Rutgers’ “Scarlet and Black” university history. Her discussion with gr aduate students will cover the value of this kind of research\, including the benefits of researching outside of one’s field of expertise\, doing co llaborative work\, entering the job market with published material\, and l earning the ins and outs of academic publishing. If you are a UM graduate student interested in this session\, regi ster here.
\nDeborah Gray White is Board of Governors Distinguis hed Professor of History at Rutgers University in New Brunswick\, New Jers ey. She is a specialist in the history of African American women. Author o f “Ar’n’t I a Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation South” and “Too Heavy a Load: Black Women in Defense of Themselves\, 1894–1994\,” White is also editor of “Telling Histories: Black Women in the Ivory Tower\,” a collect ion of personal narratives written by African American women historians th at chronicle the entry of Black women into the historical profession and t he development of the field of Black women’s history. She currently codire cts the “Scarlet and Black Project\,” which investigates American Indians and African Americans in the history of Rutgers University.
\nOrgani zed through the Center for the Study of Southern Culture\, the African American studies program\, Center for Civil War Rese arch\, and the Department of His tory\, the Gilder-Jordan Speaker Series is made possible through the g enerosity of the Gilder Foundation\, Inc. The series honors the late Richa rd Gilder of New York and his family\, as well as University of Mississipp i alumni Dan and Lou Jordan of Virginia.
\nRegister fo r White’s lecture here.
\nTickets: https://olemiss.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEufuusqz4vH NIiojZTUjjCbdfoDtjIN6Wn.
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