Back to All Events

Dr Karma Chavez Public Lecture: The Early AIDS Pandemic in the US and the Migration Logic of Quarantine

  • University of Nevada, Reno Leonard Faculty and Graduate Reading Room (map)
karma_r_chávez_profile_image.jpg

Rhetoric@Reno, the UNR graduate student chapter of the Rhetoric Society of America, will host Dr. Karma Chavez, an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas, Austin, for a public lecture and reception to be held on campus In the Wells Fargo Auditorium from 6-8 pm on Thursday, April 25. The lecture, "The Early AIDS Pandemic in the US and the Migration Logic of Quarantine," will focus on how various publics can incorporate rhetorical practices of marginalized groups and disrupt the systems that oppress them. The event is open to all faculty, students, staff, and community members on and off-campus.

Earlier Event: April 4
Personal Space: Stereoscopic Nevada
Later Event: May 10
Great Basin Young Chautauqua