Elise Archias (Asst. Prof. AH) speaks at the MCA

"An inquiry into the relationships between power and social change."

MCA Talk 

The Seldoms, Bodies on the Line

Sat, Mar 28, 2015, 1–3 pm

This past weekend, S. Elise Archias (Assistant Professor of Art History), spoke during a talk at the MCA titled: The Seldoms, Bodies on the Line. Speakers gathered to discuss power’s role in making—or blocking—progress toward a better world. The discussion was moderated by Michael J. Kramer, historian on the faculty of Northwestern University, editor at the MCA, and dramaturg for The Seldoms.

Other speakers included: Choreographer Carrie Hanson, Hanson's collaborator Stuart Flack (playwright), Mark K. Updegrove (Director of the LBJ Presidential Library and author of Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency), Michael C. Dawson (John D. MacArthur Professor of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago; founding director of the University’s Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture; and author of Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African-American Politics and Black Visions: The Roots of Contemporary African-American Political Ideologies)