Author: Isabela Fraga
Insurgency Against Public Memorializations of White Supremacy: An Open Discussion on Tuesday, June 16
The contemporary insurgency against anti-Black policing has buoyed a parallel insurgency against public memorializations of white supremacy. While routinely charged with “destroying history,” with... Read More
List of monuments to white supremacy that have been defaced, removed, or toppled
This list is a work in progress. If you have information on events that are not listed below, please send it to fraga@uchicago.edu. “A look at the history of the statues being attacked by protes... Read More
Carmen Fracchia: Cuántos crímenes más como el de George Floyd tienen que ocurrir en Estados Unidos para enterrar el racismo
La tortura pública deliberada y la muerte de George Floyd a manos de Derek Chauvin, oficial de policía en Minneapolis, el 25 de mayo de 2020, y la indiferencia ante el dolor que demostraron hacia es... Read More
October 23: Workshop with Sarah Jessica Johnson on Solitude de la Guadeloupe
Please join os on October 23 (Friday), at 12pm CT, for our Fall faculty workshop with Prof. Sarah Jessica Johnson (English). Johnson will be sharing her paper “The Pictorial Politics of Perpetual Pr... Read More
Protected: Sarah Jessica Johnson, “The Pictorial Politics of Perpetual Pregnancy: Solitude de la Guadeloupe”
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Monday, May 25: Reading Group Meeting on Zoom
Although we had to cancel our Spring in-person events due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Slavery and Visual Culture Working Group is still active as an intellectual community. To ensure that our member... Read More
Protected: Cécile Fromont, “Kongo Christianity, Festive Performances, and the Making of Black Atlantic Tradition”
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March 13: Cécile Fromont (Yale) on New Edited Volume on Afro-Catholic Festivals in the Americas
UPDATE: The book presentation previously scheduled for March 12 has been CANCELLED. The workshop with Prof. Fromont will happen as scheduled, on March 13, 11:30am, at the John Hope Franklin Room, and ... Read More