Carmen Winant, Roy Lichtenstein Chair in the Department of Art, and Nicholas Breyfogle, professor in the Department of History, give a lecture titled "Working with and in Public: A Conversation about History, Photographs, and the Physical Archive."
This joint inaugural lecture brings together Carmen Winant and Nicholas Breyfogle, from the Art and History Departments respectively, to engage each other in conversation about the themes, questions, and approaches that animate their respective research and creative process. Winant and Breyfogle will share their experiences working within non-traditional archives, contending with photography as both a haptic material and a vital means of storytelling, and making work for the public as a dedicated practice.
Through photography, installations, and artist's books, Winant's work utilizes archival and authored photographs to examine feminist care networks, with particular emphasis on intergenerational, multiracial, and sometimes transnational coalition building. Breyfogle specializes in the history of Russia/Soviet Union, global environmental and especially water history, and public history, bringing historical knowledge and analysis to the general public through multiple media.
Inaugural lectures celebrate Arts and Humanities faculty who have been promoted to the rank of professor. All lectures are held in the Faculty Club Grand Lounge from 4-6 p.m. and are preceded by a reception and followed by Q&A and discussion. All lectures are free and open to the public.
The Arts and Humanities Inaugural Lecture Series is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences.
