LAFAYETTE PARISH — Two decades since Hurricane Katrina impacted the Gulf South, acclaimed historian Dr. Andy Horowitz will bring his award-winning perspective on disaster, history, and resilience to the Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA).

The lecture, part of the “Katrina Forward” series, will take place on Thursday, Oct. 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the AcA James Devin Moncus Theater in downtown Lafayette. Horowitz, author of Katrina: A History, 1915–2015 , will explore the longer story of Katrina as a century-spanning disaster, connecting Louisiana’s past struggles to America’s future challenges.

Horowitz’s book won the prestigious Bancroft Prize in History and was named Book of the Year by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Published in 2020, it reframes Katrina as part of a c

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