If you're interested in television representations of the Baltimore, or just looking for some distraction next week, join the Clinton Institute for American Studies at University College Dublin for a panel marking the 20th anniversary of The Wire.
Panelists:
Liam Kennedy - Professor of American Studies at University College Dublin, co-editor of The Wire: Race, Class and Genre, in conversation with:
Sherry Linkon - Professor of English at Georgetown University, author of The Half-Life of Deindustrialisation.
Ronda Racha Penrice - journalist, editor of Cracking The Wire During Black Lives Matter.
Carlo Rotella - Professor of English at Boston College and a journalist, author of The World Is Always Coming to an End: Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighbourhood.
Stephen Shapiro - Professor of English at University of Warwick, co-editor of The Wire: Race, Class and Genre.
