A Conversation with Erin Thompson - Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
A Conversation with Erin Thompson - Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments
Art History and Archaeology | College of Arts and Humanities | Office of Undergraduate Studies | The 1856 Project | First Year Book
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
, UMD Memorial Chapel
How do we decide what monuments should be built and how do we decide when to remove them?
Join the Office of Undergraduate Studies and First Year Book for a conversation with author, lawyer, professor and an authority on the deliberate destruction of art, Erin Thompson. Erin Thompson will discuss her book "Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments," which gives an extensive history of the memorials we build, why we build them and asks us to consider the history behind some of the most revered statues. This talk will be moderated by Tess Korobkin, assistant professor of American Art.