{"id":15861,"date":"2015-09-29T14:42:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T18:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?p=15861"},"modified":"2024-08-09T07:42:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:42:38","slug":"black-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2015\/black-diaspora\/","title":{"rendered":"FASS Distinguished Visiting Professor &#8211; Black Diaspora Art Practices Since the 1980s by Dr. Kobena Mercer, Yale University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        FASS Distinguished Visiting Professor &#8211; Black Diaspora Art Practices Since the 1980s by Dr. Kobena Mercer, Yale University\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Mercer-poster-SCREEN341-400x618.jpg\" alt=\"Mercer Poster\" class=\"wp-image-18358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Mercer-poster-SCREEN341-400x618.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Mercer-poster-SCREEN341-200x309.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Mercer-poster-SCREEN341-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Mercer-poster-SCREEN341-1024x1583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Mercer-poster-SCREEN341-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Mercer-poster-SCREEN341.jpg 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"the-centre-for-transnational-cultural-analysis-presentsblack-diaspora-art-practices-since-the-1980s-critical-reflections-on-a-journeydr-kobena-mercer-history-of-art-and-african-american-studies\" class=\"has-text-align-center p1 wp-block-heading\">The Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis Presents:<br>\n<span class=\"s1\">Black Diaspora Art Practices Since the 1980s: Critical Reflections on a Journey<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><br>\n<\/span>Dr. Kobena Mercer, History of Art and African American Studies, Yale University<br>\nFASS Distinguished Visiting Professor<br>\nPublic Lecture \u2014 October 5, 2015<br>\n6:00 pm<br>\nLecture Hall<br>\nNational Gallery of Canada<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left p1\">Dr. Mercer is a specialist on the visual arts of the Black Diaspora and World Art Histories. His work has been instrumental in shifting discourses in Art History from a nation-based model to transnational narratives, in particular his series on Annotating Art\u2019s Histories, published by MIT Press. This lecture will explore the changing contexts and discourses of and around Black Diasporic artistic practices since&nbsp; the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center p1\"><strong>On-Campus Workshop\u2014 October 6, 2015<\/strong><br>\n<strong> 9:30 &#8211; 11:30 am<\/strong><br>\n<strong> \u201cAt the Intersection of World Studies and Diaspora Studies\u201d<\/strong><br>\n<strong> Multimedia Lab, Discovery Centre<\/strong><br>\n<strong> Carleton University Library<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left p1\">This on-campus workshop will explore the intersections between World Studies and Diaspora Studies in a collaborative environment with Dr. Kobena Mercer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center p1\"><em>Organized by the Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"sponsored-by\" class=\"has-text-align-center p1 wp-block-heading\">Sponsored by:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"carleton-university-art-gallery-bachelor-of-global-and-international-studies-institute-of-african-studies-institute-for-comparative-studies-in-literature-art-and-culture-migration-and-diaspora-s\" class=\"has-text-align-center p1 wp-block-heading\">Carleton University Art Gallery, Bachelor of Global and International Studies, Institute of African Studies, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture, Migration and Diaspora Studies, School for Studies in Art and Culture, and the National Gallery of Canada<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis Presents: Black Diaspora Art Practices Since the 1980s: Critical Reflections on a Journey Dr. Kobena Mercer, History of Art and African American Studies, Yale University FASS Distinguished Visiting Professor Public Lecture \u2014 October 5, 2015 6:00 pm Lecture Hall National Gallery of Canada Dr. Mercer is a specialist on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[72,52,90,115,50,35],"tags":[113,114,116],"class_list":["post-15861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-african-studies","category-events","category-fass-news","category-iis","category-research-2","category-ssac","tag-centre-for-transnational-cultural-analysis","tag-fass-distinguished-visiting-professor","tag-kobena-mercer"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15861"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34233,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15861\/revisions\/34233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}