The Legacy of Jules Chametzky

 

Friday, October 7, from 9:00am-5:00pm
(at the Old Chapel of UMass Amherst)

The Legacy of Jules Chametzky: Honoring the Intellect, Fostering Justice and Equality

A day-long celebration of the life and work of Jules Chametzky, founding editor of the Massachusetts Review, early president of the Massachusetts Society of Professors, first director of UMass’s Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, and co-signatory at the founding of the national Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. In the morning, friends and family will offer their memories, and an afternoon symposium will include an assortment of well-known writers and scholar, among them Doug Anderson, Nia Imara, Hilene Flanzbaum, Jacqueline Loss, Robin McLean, and J. Michael Terry. Keynote addresses will be given by William A. Darity, Jr. and Werner Sollors.

 

[co-sponsored by IHGMS]