{"id":55,"date":"2017-10-11T03:13:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T03:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-american-studies\/lecturesconferences\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T22:04:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T22:04:41","slug":"lecturesconferences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/lecturesconferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectures &amp; Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"callout-featured-media block-container\"\n >\n    <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"callout-featured-media__accent callout-featured-media__accent--cyan\"><\/div>\n    <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"callout-featured-media__accent callout-featured-media__accent--red\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-row\">\n        <div class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-column\">\n                    <div class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup\">\n                                                    <h2 class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-heading\">American Studies Conference<\/h2>\n                                                    <p class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-copy\">The conference brings internationally renowned scholars to campus to present their work and engage with faculty, staff, students, alumni and Twin Cities residents.\r\n\r\nIt seeks to highlight the links between scholarship, activism and civic engagement.\r\n\r\nEach year a different theme is selected based on pertinent issues.<\/p>\n                                                    <ul class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-cta\">\n                                                    <li class=\"callout-featured-media__cta-item\">\n                                <a class=\"base-cta-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/lecturesconferences\/american-studies\/\" target=\"_self\">Am. Studies Conference<\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                                    <\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"base-background-media base-background-media--image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2013\/02\/2013246-960x0-c-default.jpg\" srcset=\"        https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2013\/02\/2013246-720x0-c-default.jpg     480w,         https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2013\/02\/2013246-960x0-c-default.jpg     720w,         https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2013\/02\/2013246-1280x0-c-default.jpg    960w,         https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2013\/02\/2013246-1440x0-c-default.jpg    1280w,         https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2013\/02\/2013246-1920x0-c-default.jpg    1440w            \">\n    \n    \n        <span class=\"base-background-media__overlay\"><\/span>\n    \n        <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"callout-featured-media__accent callout-featured-media__accent--yellow-long\"><\/div>\n    <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"callout-featured-media__accent callout-featured-media__accent--yellow-short\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"callout-featured-media block-container\"\n >\n    <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"callout-featured-media__accent callout-featured-media__accent--cyan\"><\/div>\n    <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"callout-featured-media__accent callout-featured-media__accent--red\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-row\">\n        <div class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-column\">\n                    <div class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup\">\n                                                    <h2 class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-heading\">Mahmoud El-Kati Distinguished Lectureship in American Studies<\/h2>\n                                                    <p class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-copy\">The lectureship was established by Dr. Stanley M. Berry \u201975, Mr. Bertram M. Days \u201974 and Ms. Ava B. Days to honor Professor El-Kati\u2019s career as a lecturer, writer and commentator on the African American experience. From 1970 to 2003, Professor El-Kati taught many generations of Macalester students in courses such as \u201cThe Black Experience Since World War II,\u201d and \u201cSports and the African American Community.\u201d<\/p>\n                                                    <ul class=\"callout-featured-media__lockup-cta\">\n                                                    <li class=\"callout-featured-media__cta-item\">\n                                <a class=\"base-cta-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/lecturesconferences\/elkati\/\" target=\"_self\">El-Kati Lectureship Info<\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                                    <\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"base-background-media base-background-media--image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2012\/09\/elkait246-960x0-c-default.jpg\" srcset=\"        https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2012\/09\/elkait246-720x0-c-default.jpg     480w,         https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2012\/09\/elkait246-960x0-c-default.jpg     720w,         https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2012\/09\/elkait246-1280x0-c-default.jpg    960w,         https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2012\/09\/elkait246-1440x0-c-default.jpg    1280w,         https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2012\/09\/elkait246-1920x0-c-default.jpg    1440w            \">\n    \n    \n        <span class=\"base-background-media__overlay\"><\/span>\n    \n        <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"callout-featured-media__accent callout-featured-media__accent--yellow-long\"><\/div>\n    <div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"callout-featured-media__accent callout-featured-media__accent--yellow-short\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/lecturesconferences\/colloquium\/\">Colloquium Series<\/a><\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colloquium Series<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":677,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}