The Herbert P. Lefler fund and Broom Fund for Public Scholarship are sponsoring an upcoming series of lectures on race, history, and memory, co-sponsored by the Carleton Africana Studies Department.
The history of anti-Black racism casts a long shadow onto the present. What role do sites of memory — museums and monuments — play in our future? Can they become tools for change as well as oppression? This series offers the Carleton community an opportunity to hear from distinguished scholars who are actively engaged in thinking about how history can help us create a better future. Students, faculty, and staff are also encouraged to join a discussion group to continue the conversation.
The 21st-Century Museum and Social Justice
Thursday, October 22, 5:00 pm CDT
Dr. Spencer Crew is the Interim Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). He is also the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of American, African American and Public History at George Mason University. He has served as president of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and was the director of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Crew will discuss the obligations of history museums to advance the work of social justice.
Learning from the Germans
Monday, October 26, 1:00 pm CDT
For more information, please follow this link to the series page.