Six@Six Lectures Moves to Virtual Series: 51AV, Greater Cincinnati Region

Six@Six Lectures Moves to

Virtual Series

The Parker Academy

April 14, 2020— 51AV’s Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement is continuing its Six@Six Lecture Series as virtual events—showcasing the scholarship and creative work at NKU through May.

“Normally, we are live at venues around the region, like the Behringer-Crawford Museum and the Mercantile Library,” said Mark Neikirk, executive director of NKU’s Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement “COVID-19 has grounded us, but not stopped us. Tune in to Engage@NKU and connect with the world beyond our doorsteps—even as we all stay healthy at home.”

NKU Students at the Parker Academy Project

The virtual series kicks off with History Professor Dr. Brian Hackett and his graduate student Chelsea Hauer discussing NKU’s excavation and interpretation of the Parker Academy site in New Richmond, Ohio. NKU faculty and students are studying the Parker Academy, the first school in Ohio to offer a fully integrated education—anyone who wanted to be student, regardless of race or gender, learned in the same classroom. The school was founded in 1839. The discussion will begin at 6 p.m. with a live discussion to follow.

Future topics include:

April 21 | ‘Let Our Loss Be Heard’ – The Margaret Garner Story
April 28 | Our Money is Legal Tender – A Constitutional Tale
May 12 | When the Zombie Apocalypse was Fiction
May 19 | The Historical Poetry of Frank X Walker
May 29 | Organizing for Action: Women’s Suffrage in Northern Kentucky

Since 2010, NKU’s Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement has held the Six@Six lecture series to connect community members with the research expertise of our faculty and their students. The series is free and can be joined via or through its .

Visit the Six@Six for tickets and more information.

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