Simmons Univ. to Host Talk with Soccer Star and Author Lilian Thuram

WHAT: Simmons University’s Department of History will host a book talk with Lilian Thuram, a world-renowned soccer player and author of the book White Thinking.

Thuram, a professional soccer player from 1991 to 2008, holds the record for the most selections on France’s national team and has been a member of an impressive number of championship squads. As a part of his personal commitment to combat prejudice and advance equality, Thuram has also established the Lilian Thuram Foundation for education against racism.

Thuram is an award-winning author, and his previous book My Black Stars, From Lucy to Barack Obama, received the Seligmann prize against racism in 2010. If you are unable to attend in-person and would like to view the event virtually, please complete this form.

WHERE: Room A-152

Main College Building at Simmons University

300 Fenway, Boston, MA 02115

WHEN: Tuesday, November 29 from 5 to 7 p.m.

About Simmons University

Located in the heart of Boston, Simmons is a respected private university offering more than 50 majors and programs for undergraduate women and graduate programs open to all on campus, in blended formats, or entirely online in nursing and health sciences, liberal arts, business, communications, social work, public health, and library and information science. Founded in 1899, Simmons has established a model of higher education that other colleges and universities are only recently beginning to adapt: the combination of education for leadership in high-demand professional fields with the intellectual foundation of the liberal arts. The result is a Simmons graduate prepared not only to work, but to lead in professional, civic, and personal life — a vision of empowerment that Simmons calls preparation for life’s work. Follow Simmons on Twitter at @SimmonsUniv, and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/school/simmons-university/.

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