Memory/Race/Nation: The Politics of Modern Memorials

Mabel O. Wilson, the Nancy and George Rupp Professor at the GSAPP and a professor in the African American and African Diasporic Studies Department at Columbia University, will deliver a lecture titled Memory/Race/Nation: The Politics of Modern Memorials as part of DISCUSSIONS in Architectural History and Theory. Coordinated by Eric Mumford, the Rebecca and John Voyles Professor of Architecture, and Igor Marjanović, the JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen Professor of Architecture, the DISCUSSIONS series is aimed at provoking advanced conversations on research in architectural history and theory.

Images: Memorial 2 - Lynching of John Henry James Historical Marker, Charlottesville, 2019. Photo by Mabel O. Wilson; Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia.