Irvine -- On the next edition of Subversity, a KUCI public affairs program, we commemorate and celebrate the life of Prof. Lindon Warren Barrett, who was murdered in his home in Long Beach 7 July 2008.
Joining in reflecting on his life and scholarly career are colleagues and students who knew him, both during his long tenure at UCI and, more recently, at UC Riverside, where he ended up last year. He was a beloved English and African American studies professor at both schools, and for several years, director of the African American studies program at UCI. His family in Winnepeg, Canada, has posted this obituary in the Winnipeg Free Press: http://www.passagesmb.com/obituary_details.cfm?ObitID=138240. Born in 1961 in Guyana, he migrated to England when he was just one, moving to Canada in 1966. He grew up in Winnipeg, earning his BA from York University, an MA from the University of Denver, and ultimately a Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. His Ph.D thesis was titled: "In the dark: Issues of value, evaluation, and authority in twentieth century critical discourse" (216 pages, AAT 9101135; Abstract: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=744336891&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=1568&RQT=309&VName=PQD). He is the author of an influential published work that grew out of the Ph.D thesis: Blackness and value : seeing double (Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999; UCI call number PS153.N5 B296 1999). At his tragic death, he was working on another project, "Racial Blackness and the Discontinuity of Western Modernity" about the central role of slavery in the evolution of modernity. From 1997-2000 he was associate editor of Callaloo (http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/callaloo/). Faculty participating in the memorial program are Katherine Kinney, who chairs the English department at UC Riverside, and her UCR colleague, George Haggerty and from UCI, History Prof. Winston James, who is chair of African American studies program here. Former UCI Ph.D students Arnold Pan (now teaching at UCI) and Lelia Neti (now at Occidental College) will also be participating. Jamie Park, former UCI undergraduate student and now pursuing her Ph.D at UCR, will also be on the program. We'll also be reading tributes from other colleagues and friends of Lindon during the program. The program airs Monday, 21 July 2008 from 9-10 a.m. on KUCI, 88.9 fm in Orange County, Calif., and is webcast via http://kuci.org. This special program will also be simulcast on KUCR, 88.3 AM in Riverside County via http://www.kucr.org. Our thanks to KUCR for this collaboration. A podcast of this program will be made available later on Monday at: http://kuci.org/podcasts/?ShowID=600 A brief service will be held Tuesday July 22nd, starting at 6:30 p.m. at McKenzie Mortuary Services, 3843 East Anaheim Street; Long Beach, Tel. (562) 961-9301. Afterwards, participants will head to New Beach and take a yacht (limit of 45 people) out into the Pacific Ocean to scatter his ashes in accordance with his wishes. On Saturday August 23 a Canadian memorial service will be held in - Hide quoted text - Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Other services are envisioned at UCR and UCI later in the fall. The family suggests in lieu of flowers, "[b]ecause of Lindon's love of reading, if so desired a donation to the Winnipeg Public Library or a charity encouraging literacy would be most appreciated. WPL donation page: http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/contact/donations.asp. Other links: OC Register's College Life blog: http://collegelife.freedomblogging.com/tag/lindon-barrett/ Radio Tribute to Slain English Professor Lindon Barrett (about this program) http://collegelife.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/16/more-on-death-of-english-professor-lindon-barrett/ More on Death of English Professor Lindon Barrett http://collegelife.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/15/breaking-news-former-uci-professor-found-murdered/ English Professor Found Slain Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-professor16-2008jul16,0,5324577.story Slain Man Identified as UC Riverside Professor Press-Telegram (Long Beach): http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_9897372 Popular professor found slain in LB Press-Enterprise (Riverside): http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_barrett16.3ed3ecd.html Professor found dead hoped for change at UCR Ned Ragget's Ponder it All blog: http://nedraggett.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/rip-lindon-barrett/ RIP Lindon Barrett. Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18932794418 Lindon Barrett Police report: http://www.longbeach.gov/civica/press/display.asp?layout=4&Entry=2022 Murder -- Daniel C. 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