Oct. 25
5:00–6:30 pm
Rosenwald Hall, Room 405
1101 E. 58th St.
The first reading group meeting of the 2019 - 2020 academic year will focus on two chapters from Slave Portraiture in the Atlantic World (Cambridge University Press, 2013), edited by Agnes Lugo-Ortiz and Angela Rosenthal:
- “Introduction: Envisioning Slave Portraiture,” by Angela Rosenthal and Agnes Lugo-Ortiz;
- “Looking for Scipio Moorhead: An ‘African Painter’ in Revolutionary North America,” by Eric Slauter
Authors Agnes Lugo-Ortiz (Romance Languages, UChicago) and Eric Slauter (English, UChicago) will lead the discussion.