fredleept

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Political Science & Asian/Asian American Studies, UConn, studying Asian American political thought & East Asian science fiction. https://linktr.ee/fredleept

An orange and yellow gradient poster titled "The Revolutionary Life of Grace Lee Boggs" presented by The Society for Women of Ideas (SWI). Below the title is the subtitle: "An intergenerational conversation on transformative ideas and action." A large, central photograph features Grace Lee Boggs, an elderly Asian woman with short white hair, smiling warmly. Overlaid on the photo are the event details: Date: February 20 Time: 3:00–4:30 PM Eastern Time Format: "This is a virtual event" The featured speakers listed are: Meena Krishnamurthy (Queen’s University) Lily Luo (University of Connecticut) Summer Chan (Queen’s University) At the bottom of the poster, text provides further information: Registration: For more details and to register: womenofideas.com Sponsorship: Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, Toronto Metropolitan University
Header and Visual Elements Institution: At the top left, the Trinity College logo is displayed alongside "Political Science." Decorative Pattern: The left side of the flyer features a vertical border of repeating geometric icons. Similar icons are scattered in the top left corner of the main dark green background. Main Title: "The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx" is written in large, bold, green font. Event Details Speaker: David Lay Williams, Professor of American Studies at DePaul University. Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026. Time: 4:30–6:00 p.m. Location: Mather Hall, Washington Room. Attendance: Open to the Trinity community. Descriptive Text The bottom of the flyer contains two columns of text: Left Column: Describes economic inequality as one of the most daunting challenges of our time, noting that public debate often focuses on whether it is an inevitable outcome of economic systems and what can be done about it. It poses the question: "But why, exactly, should inequality worry us?" Right Column: Features a quote stating that the lecture "demonstrates that this underlying question has been a central preoccupation of some of the most eminent political thinkers of the Western intellectual tradition."
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