The Politics of Slave Memorialisation and Redress in the USA
CHANGE OF VENUE: NOW AT BALLIOL COLLEGE, LECTURE ROOM 23.
The 2019-2020 Omar Azfar Lecture, given by Dr Marisa J. Fuentes (Oliver Smithies Visiting Fellow), will give background to the recent contestations over statues and memorials representing both slavery and the legacy of white supremacy in the United States. Touching on key sites of protest and physical/ architectural change, this lecture considers the history of post-Civil War memorialization and the recent momentum of historicizing these legacies at American universities. Finally, the talk will dwell on the work which has been undertaken at Rutgers University in New Jersey to redress its legacies of slavery and the slave trade.
Date:
25 February 2020, 17:15 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2020)
Venue:
Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details:
Lecture Room 23
Speaker:
Dr Marisa J. Fuentes (Rutgers University)
Organising department:
Balliol College
Organiser:
Dr Sebastian Pender (Balliol)
Organiser contact email address:
sebastian.pender@balliol.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Balliol and Empire
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Sebastian Pender
