Monday, March 2, 2009
Time: 6:00pm – Reception
6:30pm – 8:00pm – Symposium
Place: Macalester College
1600 Grand Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
Weyerhaeuser Board Room, Weyerhaeuser Hall
Cost: FREE and open to the public
Join us as expert panelists discuss issues raised by Penumbra Theatre’s production of The Whipping Man: The history of the post-emancipation 1865 moment Relationships between black and Jewish peoples, identities, and religions Psycho-social master/slave relationships The economic impact of slavery in the U.S. Constitutional law and the politics of recognition.
Panelists include:
• Rabbi Joseph Edelheit – Director of Religious and Jewish Studies and Professor of Philosophy, St. Cloud State University; Affiliate Faculty at the U of MN Center for
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
• Andriel Dees, J.D. – Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs, William Mitchell College of Law
• Dr. Peter Rachleff – Professor of History, Macalester College
• Dr. Jenny Wahl – Professor of Economics, Carleton College
• Dr. Kate Bjork – Associate Professor of History, Hamline University
Moderated by Stephanie Lein Walseth,
AugustWilson Fellow at Penumbra Theatre Company.
TICKET INFO:
http://penumbratheatre.tix.com/SchedulePenumbraTheatre.asp?OrganizationNumber=599