We Host and Sponsor OSU Special Events

Special presentations by nationally-known thought-leaders such as William Julius Wilson, bell hooks, andDavid Roediger and many more.  In 2010-2011, Kirwan sponsored two appearances by bell hooks, a panel on Corporate Power: the Legacy of Santa Clara, a film screening of H-2 Worker, and a panel discussion titled North Africa and Middle East Popular Revolutions:  Is Now the Time for People’s Power?.

2010 Campus lectures by Kirwan staff included a presentation by john powell at the Hale Center’s Authors, Conversation and Soul Food Luncheon Series; and a presentation by Michelle Alexander and john powell for the Humanities Institute, Alexander, Loy and Powell on Thinking About Race. Additionally, Andrew Grant-Thomas took part in a panel on Information Needs & Access, Elsadig Elsheikh served as a panelist for the Sudan Studies Association Conference, and Stephen Menendian participated in a Moritz College of Law Federalist Society Debate on Race & the Law.