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A Discussion on Race and Racism

2020 Annual Meeting

Virtual, May 1, 2020
ACLS President Joy Connolly

A Discussion on Race & Racism

Virtual, September 30, 2020
Moderated by ACLS President Joy Connolly

On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) presented “A Discussion on Race and Racism,” via Zoom webinar. The discussion was co-moderated by ACLS President Joy Connolly and Alondra Nelson, President of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Featured panelists were Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, and Director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project, and Bianca Williams, Associate Professor of Anthropology and faculty lead of the PublicsLab at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY).
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How Do We Get There? Accelerating Diversity in Slow to Change Humanities Fields

Virtual, December 17, 2020
Introduction by ACLS President Joy Connolly

On Thursday, December 17, 2020, the American Council of Learned Societies presented the latest event in its Humanistic Knowledge in the 21st Century series, “How Do We Get There? Accelerating Diversity in Slow-To-Change Humanities Fields.” A global audience of close to 400 people logged in to this Zoom event to hear a candid discourse exploring the history, current state, and solutions addressing humanities fields that, despite years of institutional efforts in diversity, remain mostly white and male.
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