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Louise Cainkar is a sociologist in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences at Marquette University. Her areas of expertise include Arab American studies, Muslim American studies, and immigrant communities, fields in which she has published extensively. Her recent award-winning book, Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and...
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Perspectives on a Post-9/11 World Series
Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 2:45pm - 3:45pm
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art MMoCA Lecture Hall 227 State St.
Madison
Wisconsin
Perspectives on a Post-9/11 World Series
SERIES OVERVIEW
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters will observe the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 on Sunday, September 11, 2011, with an afternoon of discussion and reflection. EntitledPerspectives on a Post-9/11 World, this special event will be followed in the fall with an Academy Evenings series that examines related themes. "Taking the time to reflect on 9/11 at this special event honors those who have died in the service of their country, and gives us a chance to take stock of our history so we can make a better future," says Wisconsin Academy executive director Margaret Lewis.
Perspectives on a Post-9/11 World brings together a diverse group of distinguished historians, political scientists, artists, musicians, and writers to reflect on questions surrounding who we have become as a nation and as a people in an age of global terrorism, liberation movements, technological upheavals, economic insecurity, and fractious politics.
ATTENDANCE DETAILS
All discussion panels are held in the MMoCA Lecture Hall at the Overture Center, 227 State Street, in Madison. The talks are free and open to the public. Seating is limited and on a first-come basis. Participants are encouraged to arrive early to secure adequate seating. Please note that John Nolen Drive will be closed all day between Olin Avenue and Monona Terrace for the Ironman Triathlon. Visit the Overture Center website for alternate routes to downtown.
For those who cannot attend, all talks will be recorded and made available on our website (watch for details) and in DVD format.
As part of our "Perspectives on a Post-9/11 World" series held on September 11, 2011, three panelists will reflect on the meaning of citizenship in America: Charles Cohen, UW–Madison professor of history and religious studies and director of the Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic Religions; Louise Cainkar, associate professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, Marquette University, and author of Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American Experience after 9/11; and Asifa Quraishi, assistant professor of law at UW–Madison.
