Lecture: “Other Monumentalities - Race, Style and National Architecture” by Mabel Wilson
- Event Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2015
- Time: 4:30 pm–6:00 pm (CST)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Cost: Free Admission
Mabel O. Wilson’s transdisciplinary practice Studio & engages architecture, art, and cultural history. As the Nancy and George E. Rupp Professor, she teaches architectural design and history/theory courses at Columbia University’s GSAPP and is appointed as a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Research in African American Studies. She has authored Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums, which was a finalist for John Hope Franklin in 2013.
This Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) event is co-sponsored by the School of Architecture and the Spurlock Museum.
Contact
For further information on this event, contact the Museum Information Desk at spurlock-museum@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 333-2360
For further information, visit www.iprh.illinois.edu (external link), (email)email iprh@illinois.edu, or call (217) 244-3344.
All participants are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.