Ithaca College

Please join us for the fourth event in this semester's Greater Caribbean Lecture and Events Series, sponsored by Ithaca College's Latin American Studies Program.

Charmaine Nelson, Associate Professor of Art History at McGill University, will give a talk on the visual culture of slavery in the 19th century Caribbean, entitled "James Hakewill's Picturesque Tour of Jamaica (1825): Landscape Art as Pro-Slavery Discourse."

Thursday, November 13th, 6 pm in Textor 101, Ithaca College

Charmaine Nelson received her PhD in Art History from the University of Manchester, UK in 2001. Her research and teaching interests include postcolonial and black feminist scholarship, critical (race) theory, Trans Atlantic Slavery Studies and Black Diaspora Studies. Her work examines Canadian, American, European and Caribbean art and visual culture. She has published four books, making ground-breaking contributions to the fields of the Visual Culture of Slavery, Race and Representation and Black Canadian Studies. Her forthcoming book (Ashgate, 2014) treats 19th landscapes in Montreal and Jamaica as products of imperial geography and colonialist discourses. 

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Jennifer Jolly at jjolly@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-1254. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.