Deborah Willis: Visualizing Freedom: Photography & Emancipation
When:
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 6:00 PM
Where:
Smith-Buonanno, Room 106
95 Cushing Street
Description:
Reception & book signing 6:00pm
Lecture 6:30pm
The 2014 Debra L. Lee Lecture on Slavery and Justice will be delivered by Deborah Willis, entitled "Visualizing Freedom: Photography & Emancipation."
Deborah Willis, PhD, is chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Professor Willis has an affiliated appointment as University Professor with the College of Arts and Sciences, Africana Studies also at NYU. Professor Willis has been the recipient of Guggenheim, Fletcher, and MacArthur fellowships, the Infinity Award in Writing from the International Center for Photography, and recipient of the Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation Award. Named one of the "100 Most Important People in Photography" by American Photography magazine, she is one of the nation's leading historians of African American photography and curators of African American culture.
The Debra L. Lee Lectures serve as a key component of the University's response to the Report of the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice and invites the most distinguished scholars to Brown to discuss historic and contemporary issues related to the legacy of slavery in the Americas and the world.
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Slavery and Justice
401-863-5085