Chattel slavery in the United States ended 150 years ago, and yet its legacy reverberates today in harmful practices and beliefs that are still being perpetuated and continue to impact descendant communities in various ways – from education to healthcare to the economy and our criminal justice system.
We invite you to participate in the inaugural two-day symposium of the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery (H&LS) initiative, Reckoning with History, Shaping Our Future. This symposium will feature powerful dialogues and performances that aim to educate...
Aga Khan Lecture Series: "The Sufi Shrines of Khuldabad" Mohit Manohar: Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Art History, University of Chicago. ...
Kaufman Theater | Chrysler Museum of Art, One Memorial Place, Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Suzanne Preston Blier, PhD, set the art history world abuzz with her recent research on Pablo Picasso’s infamous work Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. In her book, Picasso’s Demoiselles, Blier uncovers the previously unknown history of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, notably one of the twentieth century’s most important, celebrated, and studied paintings. Drawing on her expertise in African art and newly discovered sources, Blier reads the painting not as a simple bordello scene but as Picasso’s interpretation of the diversity of representations of women from around the world he encountered in...