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[PAST EVENT] Distinguished Lecture in Art History: Dr. Suzanne P. Blier, Harvard University
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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN ART HISTORY:
DR. SUZANNE PRESTON BLIER, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
"1325: MANSA MUSA, AL-SAHELI, AND MODERNITY'S BIRTH IN MEDIEVAL AFRICA"
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Andrews Hall 101
5:00-6:00 p.m., reception follows
The famed 1325 Hajj journeys of Mali Emperor Mansa Musa and Granada poet Al Saheli, individually or together cross three continents—Europe (Spain), Asia (Arabia), and Africa (Egypt, the Sahara, Mali and Morocco)—offer vital insight into how Medieval Africa helped to foster the changes that shaped modernity.
Suzanne Preston Blier (Ph.D. Columbia University) is the Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Her recent books include The History of African Art (2023), The Streets of Newtowne: A Story of Cambridge, Ma. (2023), Picasso’s Demoiselles: The Untold Origins of a Modern Masterpiece (2019); and Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba: Art, Politics and History c.1300 (2015). In 2011 two of her articles appeared in the “best of” Centennial Anthology of the Art Bulletin, joining Meyer Shapiro and Leo Steinberg in this honor. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and currently serves as Chair, Executive Committee of Delegates, for American Council of Learned Societies.
Sponsored by: Department of Art & Art History
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[[acbraddock, Alan C. Braddock]], Chair, Department of Art & Art History