This community-centered conversation will focus on the questions of how we commemorate history in the public space; how we memorialize individuals, ideologies, and communities; and how we respond to our past when our perspective changes.
“Object Lessons: Do Public Monuments Have a Future?”
Friday, April 27, 7:00 PM
Chesterfield Building, 701 W Main St, Durham, NC 27701
Free parking available on site.
PANELISTS:
Fitzhugh Brundage — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, History
Erika Doss — University of Notre Dame, American Studies
Julian Maxwell Hayter — University of Richmond, Leadership Studies
Pedro Lasch — Duke University, Art, Art History and Visual Studies
Lisa Sorg — Durham-based journalist, moderator
Free and open to the public.
A reception will follow in the Chesterfield Building atrium.
Co-hosted by the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and the Duke University Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies.