Presented as Part of  The Neal A. Maxwell Lecture in Political Theory and Contemporary Politics

Presenter:

• Cristina Beltrán, New York University

  Cristina Beltrán, Ph.D., works at the intersection of Latinx politics and political theory. She is an associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis. Her work has appeared in Political Theory, the Du Bois Review, Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, Political Research Quarterly, and various edited volumes. She is currently the co-editor of Theory & Event, a peer-reviewed journal that publishes work by scholars working at the intersections of political theory, cultural theory, political economy, aesthetics, philosophy, and the arts. She is also an occasional guest on MSNBC.

  Her new book, Cruelty as Citizenship: How Migrant Suffering Sustains White Democracy (University of Minnesota Press), explores the American right’s deep antipathy toward nonwhite migrants from Mexico and Latin America and examines why many in the Republican Party experience acts of cruelty against migrants as a form of democratic pleasure. Other book projects include The Right Kind of Difference: Aesthetics, Affect, and the Ideological Uncertainty of Race, a collection of essays that explores a variety of topics including Latino conservatism, and what it means to work ethically at the intersection of race and political theory.

Commentators:

• Lisa Beard, Western Washington University
• Andrea Pitts, University of Buffalo

Forum offered online and in the Hinckley Institute caucus room - Room 2018, Gardner Commons.

COSPONSORED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Pizza will be distributed to attendees at the beginning of the event. Please plan to arrive at the venue promptly.

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