Annual Distinguished Lecture: Guy-Uriel Charles
What is so Controversial about CRT Anyway?
Thursday, February 24th
12:45 – 2:00pm
Boston University School of Law
Barristers Hall
Please join us on Thursday, February 24th at 12:45pm for a Lecture by Guy-Uriel Charles of Harvard Law School.
This lecture explores the public backlash against Critical Race Theory. Thirty-
years since its inception, critical race theory has emerged into the public consciousness as one of the most polarizing issues in our contemporary politics. Professor Charles will argue that the public backlash against critical race theory reflects a shift in power dynamics and the transition to a multiracial democracy in which the demand for equal political power clashes against systemic structures premised on the unequal distribution of political power.
About the Speaker
Guy-Uriel E. Charles teaches and writes about election law, race and law, constitutional law, and civil procedure. He is the founding director of the Duke Law Center on Law, Race and Politics.
Professor Charles received his JD from the University of Michigan Law School and clerked for The Honorable Damon J. Keith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. While at the University of Michigan, he was the founder and first editor-in-chief of the Michigan Journal of Race & Law. From 1995-2000, he was a graduate student in political science at the University of Michigan.
Before teaching at Duke, Professor Charles taught at the University of Minnesota Law School from 2000-2009. He later served as interim co-dean at the University of Minnesota from 2006-2008. He has been a visiting professor at Georgetown, Virginia, and Columbia law schools. A past member of the National Research Commission on Elections and Voting and the Century Foundation Working Group on Election Reform, Professor Charles has served as the director of the Institute for Law & Politics, a Senior Fellow in Law and Politics at the Institute on Race and Poverty, and a Law School Faculty Affiliate at the Center for the Study of Political Psychology, University of Minnesota.
In 2006, he was awarded the distinguished teaching award at the University of Minnesota Law School. In 2016, he was awarded the distinguished teaching award at Duke Law School.
About the Lecture
Please note that this lecture will be held in person, and also on zoom. We ask that in person attendees show their BU ID card or an official vaccine card, or a digital vaccine passport constituting proof of vaccination. All visitors are required to wear a face mask in the law complex in accordance with University policy.
Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive and diverse in our facilities, programming and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to learning or attention, mental health, concussion, vision, mobility, hearing, physical or other health related), require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason please contact Elizabeth Clancey (lawevent@bu.edu) by February 1st, to discuss your needs.