Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Princeton Philospher Dr.Cornel West comes to MSUM

By: Outreach and New Media Intern; Billy McDonald aka @BillyJMcDonald

 The Dragon Entertainment Group and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion will host a very special guest speaker on Sept. 16th at 7:30 p.m. in Hansen Theatre on the campus of Minnesota State University Moorhead. Famous philosopher and instructor from Princeton University, Dr. Cornel West will be speaking on issues such as diversity and self-actualization. So please join us.

Free to Students, Faculty, and Staff with MSUM ID. $15 for public.
   


 Please check his website at http://www.cornelwest.com/about.html

About Dr.West:

Cornel West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
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West is the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the Department of Religion. West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement.



The bulk of his work focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their "radical conditionedness."West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism

This event is brought to you by The office of Diversity and Inclusion, and the Dragon Entertainment Group. 


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