Queen's Principal Issues Statement following Racist Zoom Hack of Lecture
February 3 2020. Queen's University Principal and Vice Chancellor Patrick Deane issued a statement following a racist zoom attach that took place on February 2nd during a guest lecture from Yale Professor Dr. Kathryn Lofton at the School of Religious Studies.
Dr. Lofton's lecture entitled “The Present Life of Blasphemy: Kanye West in American Popular Culture,” occured over Zoom on February 2nd and discussed the career of the American rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and fashion designer as an instance in the longer history of blasphemy. The event was not part of course curriculum though students from RELS163 attended, and the lecture was a free event posted on the Queen's University Events Calendar.