President's Colloquium on Race and Racism and Presidential Scholar
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Johnson Chapel (16 Barrett Hill Drive, Amherst, MA 01002, Amherst MA)
Saidiya Hartman is a professor at Columbia University whose work explores the afterlife of slavery in modern American society. Through her meticulous research and narratives, she bears witness to lives, traumas, and fleeting moments of beauty that historical archives have omitted or obscured.Presented as part of the Black: Here and Now! SymposiumEarly attendees will receive a free copy of Hartman's recent book "Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments."