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Faculty of Classics

 

A panel discussion on decolonising 'the museum,' featuring the voices of people of colour working on the issue.

 

Our speakers are:

  • Cina Aissa, an artist educator and a member of Museum Detox (a network for museum and gallery workers of colour)
  • Dr Zainab Bahrani, Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University who specialises in Ancient Near Eastern and East Mediterranean art and archaeology
  • Hardeep Dhindsa, a Classics PHD student at Kings College London who specialises in the history of whiteness and white supremacy in classical reception' and a freelance illustrator who recolours ancient statues in eye-popping colours to disrupt the images of whiteness we see in museums today.

 

The link to join will be circulated to faculty members via email.

 

This is a student-led event, aiming to provide space for discussion amongst our student body. It is facilitated by the Museum of Classical Archaeology.

 

 

Date: 
Tuesday, 4 May, 2021 - 16:30 to 18:00
Contact name: 
Dr Susanne Turner
Contact phone: 
01223 335153
Subject: 
Event location: 
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