Sept. 27: War and Race Symposium at the Corcoran Gallery of Art

Scholars from Art History, English, and American Studies consider how the violence and upheaval of modern warfare--whether in combat or on the home front--have affected the construction and understanding of racial categories.

Sponsored by the Potomac Center for the Study of Modernity

Scheduled to coincide with the Corcoran's exhibition, "War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," the symposium addresses such topics as photographs of African Americans during the Civil War, the remaking of segregation during World War II, and the role of race in the recent global "war on terror."

Speakers: Makeda Best, Assistant Professor of Visual Studies, California College of the Arts; Sylvia Shin Huey Chong, Associate Professor of English and American Studies, University of Virginia; and Thomas Guglielmo, Associate Professor of American Studies, The George Washington University

Chair: Bibiana Obler, Assistant Professor of Art History, The George Washington University

Read more about the symposium here:
http://thepotomaccenter.org/upcoming_symposia

If you plan to attend the symposium, please help us with planning by submitting an RSVP:
http://thepotomaccenter.org/RSVP_War_and_Race

The Potomac Center funds symposia proposed by scholars in the Washington-Baltimore area. Accepted symposia will be fully supported by the Center and will be scheduled into the Center's calendar for the next academic year. Read the Center's call for symposium proposals here:
http://thepotomaccenter.org/propose_symposium

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