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Dr. Calcagno Speaks in "Race: Are We So Different?" Series

Dr. Jim Calcagno recently gave the first talk in a lecture series at Loyola related to the American Anthropological Association's "RACE: Are We So Different?" project. Dr. Calcagno's lecture was titled "RACE in Biocultural Perspective: Why Biology, Not Genetics, Matters."

Other upcoming talks in the series will be held in the IC, 4th floor, from 4:00-5:30 p.m.:

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6

“Will It Ever Be Equal? Achievement Disparity in Education,” Dean Michael Dantley and Associate Dean Anita Thomas, School of Education

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 • Race and Racial Inequality: Through a Legal Lens

“Learning to See Straight: Legal History and the Creation of Racial Inequality,” Professor Juan Perea, School of Law

“The Legal Construction of Race,” Professor Steven Ramirez, Director of the Business and Corporate Governance Law Center, School of Law

RACE: Are We So Different is a travelling exhibit examining race from biological, cultural, and historical perspectives. It is currently at the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie until January 25, 2015. Loyolans receive free admission weekdays after 1 p.m. with a Loyola ID. 

Loyola is a proud sponsor of the RACE: Are We So Dierent? exhibition, which is being brought to our area by the YWCA Evanston/North Shore and Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.