Invitation
Talk by Prof. James Young from University of Mass.
'The Stages of Memory: Reflections on Memorial Art' - a talk by Prof. James Young, Distinguished University Prof. Emeritus UMass Amherst.
Join us for a talk by
Professor James Young,
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of English and Judaic & Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"The Stages of Memory: Reflections on Memorial Art, Loss, and the Spaces Between," traces an 'arc of memorial vernacular' from the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial to Germany's 'counter-memorials' to the Holocaust, from Berlin's Denkmal for the Murdered Jews of Europe to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
April 13, 2023, 6:30 pm
Jackson Avenue Center, Auditorium B
A reception will follow Professor Young's talk. The event is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, the Provost's Office, the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, the Department of Art and Art History, and the Jewish Federation of Oxford.