In this talk, Camilla J. Bell-Ferdinand, Visiting Professor in Educational Studies, wants to trouble this idea of “stakes,” especially when one is deeply committed to education for liberation. What are the costs and more importantly, for whom? As James Baldwin asserts in "A Talk to Teachers," truly, we are living through and teaching in dangerous times, spaces, and places. And yet, the risks of not pushing our students to think critically about issues of justice within and beyond the confines of the classroom space abound. Join me as I discuss the critical nexus between fugitivity, freedom, and education, and what it means for students and educators to collectively "burn the midnight oil."

This event is part of the Center's brown bag series.

Lunch will be provided.