Art, Conflict and the Politics of Memory Speaker Series, Part II

In the context of political conflict, regime change and political upheaval, how is memory constructed, negotiated, and contested within the visual realm? Invited Speakers: Éric Michaud (EHESS, Paris) Two Visions and Uses of Danger around 1933 in Europe: Walter Benjamin and Ernst Jünger; Laura Morowitz (Wagner College) Erasing Fin de Siècle Vienna: The 1943 Gustav Klimt Retrospective and the Remaking of an Artistic Hero; Andrew Herscher (UMichigan, Ann Arbor) The Memory of Politics: Counter-Monumentality in Post-Yugoslavia. Location: Smith Warehouse, Bay 10, Room A266 / Collision Space (enter through Bay 12). Coffee provided. Reception to follow.