The Herbert Andrews Lecture series would like to present Dr. Heather Ann Thompson from Temple University as its 2014 speaker. Starting at 4:30 p.m. in Liberal Arts 4110.
Dr. Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Temple University.
Dr. Heather Ann Thompson is writing the first comprehensive history of the Attica Prison Rebellion of 1971 and its legacy for Pantheon Books. To recover this story Thompson has immersed herself in legal, state, federal, prison and personal records related to the Attica uprising and its aftermath (some never-before-seen) located in archives, governmental institutions, and various individual collections around the country and the world. With these varied and rich resources she seeks to recapture the full, dramatic, gripping, multi-faceted and complex story that was Attica, and hopes to underscore for readers everywhere this event’s historical as well as contemporary importance.
For more information contact the Department of History at 410-704-2923 or Professor Andrew Diemer at adiemer@towson.edu.
Sponsored by the Herbert Andrews Lecture on New Directions in History and the Towson University History Department.
