Welcome and Opening Remarks

Karen R. Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence College

Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center

1:30 PM

Panel 1: A New Gilded Age: Understanding Contemporary American Inequality

Achievement Gaps Arise from Opportunity Gaps

Prudence L. Carter, Stanford University

Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Panel 1: A New Gilded Age: Understanding Contemporary American Inequality

Socio-Economic Inequality and Its Representations: Context and Pretext

Rick Fantasia, Smith College

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Panel 1: A New Gilded Age: Understanding Contemporary American Inequality

People Create Change: Why Public Policy, Government and a Liberal Arts Education Matter in the Fight Against Inequality

Andrew White, New York City Administration for Children's Services

Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Keynote Address: Practicing the Humanities in the Face of Injustice: Lessons from Benjamin, Marx, and Ishiguro

Nancy Fraser, New School

Donnelley Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM