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-26296@southernstudies.olemiss.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T175037Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Discussion\,Lecture\,Sociology\,South Talks CONTACT:Afton Thomas\; amthoma4@olemiss.edu DESCRIPTION:“Blackout: The Continuing Assault against Black Bodies” a virtu al SouthTalk presented by Barbara Harris Combs\nBlackness in a society bui lt largely on anti-Black sentiments simultaneously renders Black bodies bo th a heightened sense of visibility and invisibility in society. In this t alk\, Combs shares insights from her new book\, Bodies out of Place: Theor izing Anti-Blackness in U.S. Society\, which examines practices of racial entrenchment as they have manifested in post-Obama expressions of anti-Bla ckness in discursive\, legal\, interactional\, and extralegal contexts. Co mbs examines recent incidents of everyday racism against Black persons (th e killing of Ahmaud Arbery\, the Central Park birding incident\, various c ases on college campuses\, among others) to arrive at a theorization of wh at expectations about bodies\, space\, and belonging tell us about the way racism is perpetuated in US society.\nBarbara Harris Combs\nBarbara Harri s Combs is professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Kennesaw State University. Combs is also the auth or of From Selma to Montgomery: The Long March to Freedom. Her forthcoming book\, Black Places and Spaces of Political Empowerment\, with coauthors Todd C. Shaw and Kirk Foster\, is under contract with Oxford University Pr ess.\nSouthTalks is a series of events (including lectures\, performances\ , film screenings\, and panel discussions) that explores the interdiscipli nary nature of Southern Studies. This series is free and open to the publi c\, and typically takes place in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory un less otherwise noted. There are quite a few interesting virtual offerings this semester. Virtual events allow us to connect to larger audiences unab le to attend programming in person and allow speakers to participate in th e series no matter their location. Visit the Center’s website for up-to-da te-information about all Center events. \nTickets: https://olemiss.zoom.us /meeting/register/tJArce-uqj8rG9XyDmeprHuONF5QW6Nioucf. DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230201T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230201T130000 LOCATION:Virtual SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:SouthTalks: “Blackout: The Continuing Assault against Black Bodies” URL:https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/event/southtalks-blackout-the-conti nuing-assault-against-black-bodies/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/020120 23_Barb-Combs_book-240x360.jpg\;240\;360\,medium\;https://southernstudies. olemiss.edu/media/02012023_Barb-Combs_book-240x360.jpg\;240\;360\,large\;h ttps://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/02012023_Barb-Combs_book-240x360. jpg\;240\;360\,full\;https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu/media/02012023_Ba rb-Combs_book-240x360.jpg\;240\;360 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\n“Blackout: The Continuing Assault agai nst Black Bodies” a virtual SouthTalk presen ted by Barbara Harris Combs
\nBlackness in a society built largely on anti-Black sentiments simultane ously renders Black bodies both a heightened sense of visibility and invis ibility in society. In this talk\, Combs shares insights from her new book \, Bodies out of Place: Theorizing Anti-Blackness in U.S. Society \, which examines practices of racial entrenchment as they have manifested in post-Obama expressions of anti-Blackness in discursive\, legal\, inter actional\, and extralegal contexts. Combs examines recent incidents of eve ryday racism against Black persons (the killing of Ahmaud Arbery\, the Cen tral Park birding incident\, various cases on college campuses\, among oth ers) to arrive at a theorization of what expectations about bodies\, space \, and belonging tell us about the way racism is perpetuated in US society .
\n\nBarbara Harris Combs
is professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology and Cri
minal Justice at Kennesaw State University. Combs is also the author of
SouthTalks is a series of events (including lec tures\, performances\, film screenings\, and panel discussions) that explo res the interdisciplinary nature of Southern Studies. This series is free and open to the public\, and typically takes place in the Tupelo Room of B arnard Observatory unless otherwise noted. There are quite a few interesti ng virtual offerings this semester. Virtual events allow us to connect to larger audiences unable to attend programming in person and allow speakers to participate in the series no matter their location. Visit the Center’s website for up-to-date-information about all Center events.
\nTickets: https://olemiss. zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArce-uqj8rG9XyDmeprHuONF5QW6Nioucf.
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