GWS Brown Bag with Professor Terrion L. Williamson
April 18, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM America/Chicago
Location
University Hall 1250
Address
601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607
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Join GWS for a Brown Bag with Professor Terrion L. Williamson!
Join UIC’s Gender & Women’s Studies (GWS) Program for an opportunity to learn about critical new scholarship from GWS Professor Dr. Terrion L. Williamson, Associate Professor, Black Studies and Gender and Women's Studies. She will be giving a talk titled 'Richard Pryor, Black Serial Murder, and the Making of an All-American City.'
About event: In 1940, the comedian Richard Pryor, known for his raw humor and brazen social commentary, was born in the small midwestern city of Peoria, Illinois. More than sixty years later, nine black women—any of whom might have populated the graphic storytelling that shaped Pryor’s body of work—were killed in Peoria over the course of fifteen months. In this informal talk on her work-in-progress, Professor Williamson, who was born and raised in Peoria, will discuss the relay between Pryor and the black women of Peoria who are at the heart of her forthcoming book, 'The Unreckoned: Black Women and Serial Murder in the All-American City.'
This is a GWS-centered event and a chance to build community with GWS faculty, staff, and students. Lunch will be provided. We ask that everyone masks when not eating or drinking. We look forward to seeing you!
Date: Friday, April 18, 12-1:30 p.m. CST
Location: University Hall 1250 (12th Floor Conference Room)
RSVP: Please RSVP at go.uic.edu/GWSBrownBagWilliamson by Tuesday, 4/15, 5 p.m.
Questions: Please contact gwsinfo@uic.edu
Date posted
Apr 8, 2025
Date updated
Apr 8, 2025