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John Shuford, director of the Gonzaga University Institute for Hate Studies, and Robert L. Tsai (pronounced “Sigh”), professor at the American University Washington College of Law, will co-host a special symposium from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Sept. 27 at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C.

The symposiumtopic is “Hate and Political Discourse.”

According to a news release, the symposium’s keynote speaker is Mari Matsuda (pronounced “MAHR-ee mot-SOO-duh”), law professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Matsuda, considered one of the most influential legal scholars and teachers of her generation and a pioneering voice on hate speech, will discuss the topic, “Is Peacemaking Un-American? On Violence and Ideology.”

“Mari Matsuda’s scholarship and teaching is at the core of widespread changes in law schools, higher education, and society on diversity, race relations, socialjustice, and peace education,” said Tsai in a news release. “Everybody in the legal academy knows who Professor Matsuda is, judges and courts frequently quote her work, and Matsuda has had wide influence in the humanities and social sciences, too.”

Tsai and Shuford will also moderate two faculty workshops involving the seven other symposium presenters. 

The symposium kicks off the 15th anniversary of the Institute for Hate Studies and marks the 10th anniversary of the Journal.

Volume 10 of the Journal of Hate Studies is to be published before Election Day, Nov. 6. Webcasts of the symposium sessions will be available for on-demand viewing before Election Day, as well, according to a news release.

Major Conference at GU Law School April 18-20 (2013)
In a related event, the Gonzaga Institute for Hate Studies will collaborate this spring with Gonzaga University School of Law and the Washington State Task Force on Race and the Criminal Justice System to sponsor the 3rd International Conference on Hate Studies and the 2nd Conference on Race and the Criminal Justice System. This joint event, set for April 18-20 (2013) at Gonzaga LawSchool, is titled, “The Pursuit of Justice: Understanding Hatred, Confronting Intolerance, Eliminating Inequality.”

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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