Gode Davis Visit to Beloit College

Monday, January 21

Arrive at O’Hare and drive to Beloit College.

Tuesday, January 22

9:15 a.m.  Assistant Dean of Students Cecil Youngblood will escort you to breakfast.

10:50 a.m.  Dean Youngblood will escort you to MI 209 for Prof. Pablo Toral’s course, POLS 160 “International Politics.”

11:00-11:50 a.m.  Conversation with Prof. Toral and his students. You are welcome to talk about your documentary projects and you research.

Noon: The Multicultural Center with arrange lunch.

12:50 p.m.  Dean Youngblood will arrange an escort for you to the Moore Study Lounge for a conversation with students in two classes: Prof. Debra Majeed’s RLST 220/IDST 228 “Martin Luther King Jr.: Quest for Social Justice” and Prof. Ann Davies’ POLS 180 “Introduction to Political Thinking.” The theme: “History of Lynching and the Complicity of Ordinary People”. Students will have read chapter 3 of Sherrilyn Ifill’s On the Courthouse Lawn (A scanned copy of the chapter will be emailed (or faxed, if necessary) separately.

3:00-5:20 p.m. Free

5:20 p.m. Elsbeth Pollack, teaching assistant for RLST 220/IDST 228, will be your host for dinner with students in Commons.

6:30 p.m. Ms. Pollack will escort you to Richardson Auditorium for your 7 p.m. lecture.

7:00-8:50 p.m.    Public Lecture: “American Lynching”

9:00 p.m. Max Olin will escort you to campus housing, Apt. E.

Wednesday, Jan.23.

8:00 a.m.  Dean Youngblood will escort you to breakfast.

8:50 a.m. Dean Youngblood will escort you to MI 10 for Prof. Toral’s course, POLS 273 “International Relations of Latin America.”

9:00-9:50 a.m. Conversation with Prof. Toral and students; you are welcome to talk about your documentary projects and your research.

10:00-10:45 a.m. Prepare for departure

10:50 a.m. Prof. Majeed will escort you to MI 107 for Prof. Heath Massey’s course, PHIL 260 “Race Theory”

11:00-11:30 a.m. Conversation with Prof. Massey and students. You are welcome to talk about your project and how it relates to race.

11:30 a.m. Dean Youngblood will escort you to lunch and discuss feedback.

12:50 p.m. Dean Youngblood will escort you to Richardson Auditorium for Prof. Linda Sturtz’s course, HIST 150 “Slavery and Abolition.”

1:00-2:50 p.m. Discussion with Prof. Sturtz and her students about history and lynching as they come together in your filmmaking.

3:10 p.m. Depart Beloit College for O’Hare and 7:21 p.m. flight.