On Jan. 6th, 2021, the American Capitol was stormed by a mob of angry Donald Trump supporters. This insurgence was the first attack on the Capitol in over two centuries.
Two months later, the repercussions of this historic event linger, and experts are still trying to understand what led to such a dangerous and unsettling episode.
The panel event, Sound and Fury: A Conversation about the Capitol Hill Riot, which includes four faculty members from Carleton University, will consider the events from their unique disciplinary perspectives and what they might mean for the United States and Canada moving forward.
When: Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 7 p.m.
Registration: https://carleton.ca/fass/2021/03/sound-and-fury-a-conversation-about-the-capitol-hill-riot/.
About the Panellists
Melissa Haussman
Haussman is a professor of Political Science and has written about comparative federalism and women’s sexual and reproductive health rights. She will discuss the increasing polarization in the House and Senate, especially since the Gingrich years—there have been changes in both parties based on regional shifts.
James Deaville
Deaville teaches music in the School for Studies in Art and Culture and has published and blogged about music at the 2012 and 2016 Democratic and Republican party conventions. Based on a montage of scenes from Jan. 6, he will present the soundscape of the riot and discuss what it tells us about the participants.
Adrian Harewood
Harewood is a CBC radio and television journalist, currently co-hosting CBC Ottawa’s weekday news. He has studied political science and history at McGill and Carleton, and is also an adjunct professor in Carleton’s School of Journalism and Communication. He will look at the challenges facing U.S. media in the context of the country’s political polarization before and after Jan. 6.
Andrew M. Johnston
Johnston teaches modern U.S. history and international relations history at Carleton. He’ll look at Jan. 6 through the long history of mass political insurrections in U.S. history, as well as how the world has interpreted the riot as evidence of peculiar characteristics of American history.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021 in Media Advisories
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