The College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences presents  “Diverse Voices in the Humanities" 

Digital Speakers Series promotes the work of humanities scholars from underrepresented demographics, especially when they can speak directly to contemporary issues and events. This series will highlight how the humanities can contextualize and explain current issues, particularly in relation to race relations, health disparities, the rise of fascism/authoritarianism, and beyond. The invited speakers will give virtual lectures, hosted via Zoom or Zoom webinar, that will be accessible to all students, faculty, and staff, as well as people from the Huntsville community.

Dr. James Chase Sanchez, Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Middlebury College

"Salt of the Earth: The Rhetoric of White Supremacy"

About: In this talk, James Chase Sanchez argues that contemporary rhetoric of white supremacy is built around structures of preservation. Using ethnographic and autoethnographic research in his hometown of Grand Saline, TX, Sanchez pinpoints the ways communities preserve their white supremacy via tactics of identity-formation, storytelling, and silencing.

Presented via Zoom

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Organized by the Departments of English, History, and Philosophy
Funded by the UAH Humanities Center and the Distinguished Speaker Series