Recovering Black History in Historic Houses: Lessons from Britain
When:
Friday, Jun 10, 2022 5:00p -
7:00p
Friday, Jun 10, 2022 5:00p -
7:00p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
$14
Hosted by:
Categories:
History, Lectures & Conferences, Virtual
Event website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/recovering-black-history-in-historic-houses-lessons-from-britain-tickets-346342428527
Who gets to create our national histories? What role do house museums and historic sites play in our public conversations about race?
The ongoing racial controversy at Montpelier, the home of President Madison, reminds us that the difficult politics of race and equity extend even into the heritage tourism industry. What's more, the United States is not the only nation where there's controversy about who controls how we tell our history. Join us for an insightful discussion with Corinne Fowler, Professor of English at Leicester University, on the legacy of colonialism in rural Britain. Corinne will talk about the fallout from the British National Trust's efforts to highlight black and enslaved lives in their great country houses in 2020, and she'll share some of the creative ways Black and white Britons are reclaiming and redefining those histories. This event is presented by The Shirley-Eustis House Association and the Loring Greenough House.
Register for this online lecture here:
Corinne Fowler, author of Green Unpleasant Land: Creative Responses to Rural England's Colonial Connections (Peepal Tree Press, 2020)
