Angela Davis in Aotearoa

Professor Angela Davis will present at TWO PUBLIC SPEAKING EVENTS!!! Professor Davis' research interests include: feminism, African American studies, critical theory, popular music culture and social consciuosness and the philosphy of punishment (women's prisons). ----------------------------------- AUCKLAND 25 JUNE 2007 MAIDMENT THEATRE (8 Alfred St, Auckland University Campus) 7pm - 8:30pm -------------------------------- WELLINGTON 26 JUNE 2007 RUTHERFORD HOUSE, LECTURE THEATRE 1 (23 Lambton Quay - Nth end) 7pm - 8:30pm --------------FREE ADMISSION------------ Born in Alabama in 1944, Angela Davis is an African- American philosopher who was associated with the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and 1970's, as well as the Communist Party of the United States of America. She first achieved nationwide notoriety when she was linked to the murder of the judge Harold Haley during an attempted Black Panther prison break; she fled underground, and was subject to an intense manhunt. After 18 months as a fugitive, she was captured, arrested, tried, and eventually acquitted in one of the most famous trials of recent U.S. history. Angela Davis is currently Professor of History of Consciousness at the University of California and Presidential Chair at the University of California, Santa Cruz.