Whiteness and the Crisis
In the second lecture, drawing on his work with refugees in the renewed “Nordic whiteness” of Denmark, Mirzoeff explores how people of different backgrounds may nonetheless still appear to one another, appropriating and transforming the concept of “the space of appearance” from Hannah Arendt. In this shift from representation to appearance, visual and cultural studies are rebooted into a visual activism to engage the current crisis.

The second lecture will be folllowed by a panel discussion and a drinks reception.
Date: 22 May 2019, 17:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2019)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: West Wing Lecture Room
Speaker: Professor Nick Mirzoeff (New York University)
Organiser: Professor Dan Hicks (Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: dan.hicks@prm.ox.ac.uk
Host: Pitt Rivers Museum
Part of: Astor Visiting Lectureship: 'Whiteness and the Crisis'
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whiteness-and-the-crisis-tickets-59615802470
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Laura Spence