Skidmore College to host virtual event with Dr. Cornel West

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. » Dr. Cornell West will be the featured guest on April 12 in a virtual event hosted by Skidmore College.

At 7 p.m. West will participate in live conversations on a range of topics with panelists Cerri Banks, dean of students and vice president for student affairs at Skidmore College; Gwen D’Arcangelis, associate professor of gender studies at Skidmore; Anissa Joseph ‘22, a political science major at Skidmore; and Kezia Page, associate professor and director of Africana and Latin American studies at Colgate University.

West is a philosopher, author, activist, social critic and one of the most provocative public intellectuals of our time. He has published more than 20 books, has appeared in over 25 documentaries and films, and has produced three spoken word albums, including “Never Forget,” collaborating with Prince, Jill Scott, Andre 3000, Talib Kweli, KRS-One and the late Gerald Levert.

A professor emeritus at Princeton University, West recently announced he would leave his position as professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University and return to Union Theological Seminary, where he started his teaching career and will hold the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair.

This event is sponsored by the Skidmore College Black Studies Program, through the generous support of Skidmore’s Racial Justice Initiative, in collaboration with the New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium.

The event will be livestreamed. A link will be made available at the event website: https://www. skidmore.edu/black-studies/going-to-the-griot.php