[Latina-o_studies] Upcoming Event on Rhetoric of Sanctuary!

[Delgadillo, Theresa]

Dear colleagues,

I am delighted to announce that Dr. Karma Chávez (University of Texas - Austin) will deliver this year’s Corbett Lecture on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Professor Chávez’s talk—"The Rhetoric of Sanctuary, the Logic of the State"—will begin at 4:00 p.m. in Denney 311.

Leading up to and following the election of Donald Trump, allies of undocumented immigrants on college campuses and in progressive communities made or renewed their commitments to sanctuary. The idea of sanctuary, meant to protect the unauthorized from the overreach of the state, has gained significant traction, so much so that it became one of President Trump's initial targets in his first executive orders on immigration. This talk provides a close analysis of the rhetoric of sanctuary, particularly taking up the case of college campus policies, in order to investigate both why sanctuary is so popular among progressives and viewed as such a threat by conservatives. The paper shows how the rhetoric of sanctuary challenges and reinforces state logics and considers what alternatives to sanctuary undocumented people and their allies may consider and are already enacting.
Karma R. Chávez is an associate professor in the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas - Austin. She is co-editor of Text + Field: Innovations in Rhetorical Method (with Sara McKinnon, Robert Asen and Robert Glenn Howard, Penn State Press, 2016),Standing in the Intersection: Feminist Voices, Feminist Practices in Communication Studies (with Cindy L. Griffin, SUNY Press, 2012), and author ofQueer Migration Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities (University of Illinois Press, 2013). Karma is also a member of the radical queer collective Against Equality, a former organizer for LGBT Books to Prisoners, and for years, was a host of the radio program, "A Public Affair" on Madison's community radio station, 89.9 FM WORT. Karma has long worked closely with several community organizations on issues surrounding queer, racial, economic, and immigrant justice.

Professor Chávez will also conduct a workshop for graduate students on March 28 in Denney 311. The precise time is TBD.

Best wishes,
Jonathan

[The Ohio State University]
Jonathan Buehl
Associate Professor
Vice Chair of Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies
College of Arts and Sciences | Department of English
421 Denney Hall, 164 Annie and John Glenn Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210
buehl.7 at osu.edu<mailto:buehl.7 at osu.edu> osu.edu<http://osu.edu/>


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