Sept. 22, 2006
Louisiana State University Professor to Speak at Clark University
about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Worcester, Mass. - Elizabeth English, a Professor at the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center will present a lecture, "Hurricane Katrina and the Destruction of Culture" at Clark University on Thursday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Tilton Hall in the Higgins University Center, 950 Main Street.
Professor English will speak about the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina on the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans and its rich, unique culture. She will also discuss how FEMA and Federal and State government have been compounding this physical and cultural damage through their inaction and policies.
Professor English has expertise in architecture, cultural history, and civil engineering. She has been interviewed by national and international media outlets, and has become a powerful spokesperson for the fight to rebuild and maintain New Orleans vernacular housing and neighborhoods.
English received her Ph.D. in Architecture from University of Pennsylvania. She received her M.S. in Structural Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has conducted extensive research in damage assessment for Louisiana and Mississippi post-Hurricane Katrina and wind-tunnel studies of the aerodynamics of wind-borne debris.
This event is sponsored by the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark. It is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception. For more information, contact 508-793-8897.
The mission of the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies is to educate undergraduate and graduate students about genocide and the Holocaust; to host a lecture series, free of charge and open to the public; to use scholarship to address current problems stemming from the murderous past; and to participate in the public discussion about a host of issues ranging from the significance of state-sponsored denial of the Armenian genocide and well-funded denial of the Holocaust to intervention in and prevention of genocidal situations today.