“Troubling Tropes: The African Child in Colonial Postcards of the Early 1900s”

“Troubling Tropes: The African Child in Colonial Postcards of the Early 1900s”

Categories: Lectures and Seminars

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Add to calendar

433 Paterson Hall

1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON

Contact Information

Institute of African Studies, 613-520-2600 x 2220, african_studies@carleton.ca

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No registration required.

Cost

Free

About this Event

Host Organization: Institute of African Studies Presents
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The Institute of African Studies Presents “Troubling Tropes: The African Child in Colonial Postcards of the Early 1900s” with Monica Eileen Patterson, Assistant Professor, Carleton University

Monica Eileen Patterson is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University. She received her doctorate in Anthropology and History and a certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Michigan. Patterson is co-editor of Curating Difficult Knowledge: Violent Pasts in Public Places (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Anthrohistory: Unsettling Knowledge and Questioning Discipline (University of Michigan Press, 2011). As a scholar, curator, and activist, she is particularly interested in the intersections of memory, childhood, and violence in postcolonial Africa, and the ways in which they are represented and engaged in contemporary public spheres.

For additional information, please visit our website at http://carleton.ca/africanstudies/