The College of Liberal Arts honors Sydney Berger, a well-respected lawyer in Evansville, every year with a guest lecture about civil rights or civil liberties. Berger worked with local groups fighting for civil rights and labor rights, and he also taught constitutional law at the University of Southern Indiana for almost 20 years. When he died in 1988, the editor of the Evansville Courier said that no one in the city had done more for people who were struggling, such as the poor, the underprivileged, and those who had been denied their rights.
Upcoming Presentation
Virtual Q&A with Randolph McLaughlin
How to Sue the Klan: The Legacy of the Chattanooga Five
2 p.m. Wednesday, February 19 in Kleymeyer Hall (LA0101)
This event is free, open to the public and hybrid (In-person and online via Zoom).
Register for the Zoom session here
Opening reception for the UnMasked exhibit will follow the Q&A at 4:30 p.m. in the MAC/PACE Galleries.
For more information contact Dr. Kristalyn Shefveland at kmshefvela@usi.edu or Dr. Todd Schroer at tschroer@usi.edu.
Getting here
Kleymeyer Hall, a 112-seat auditorium-style classroom, is located on the lower level of the Liberal Arts Center. For parking please use Lot J behind the Business and Engineering Center.
Past Presentations
Jamaal Barber: Printmaker, Podcaster, Professor
Thursday, March 16, 2023
5 p.m. | Performance Center
Explore the complexities of Blackness as an identity, as a cultural phenomenon, and as the energy that connects the experiences of melanated people across time and space.
About our presenter:
Through an ongoing investigation of the self and identity, Jamaal Barber (b. TK; TK, VA) is an artist, printmaker, and educator whose mixed media practice examines the ways in which social issues, culture, and identity can overlap with Blackness. His works have been shown at Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA; Samford University, Birmingham, AL; Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC; Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA; Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Steffen Thomas Museum, Madison, GA; and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT. He received an MFA in printmaking at Georgia State University in 2021 where he also completed an MFA thesis exhibition titled Fullness. He is currently a visiting lecturer at the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design in Atlanta, GA. Learn more at jbarberstudio.com.