서울대학교

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서울대학교 미국학연구소 주최로, 오는 6월 21일 오후 2시에 Robin McDowell 교수(Washington University in St. Louis)의 강연을 청해 듣고자 합니다.

McDowell 교수는 루이지애나주를 무대로 미국 인종관계, 자본주의, 생태환경 변화의 뒤얽힌 역사를 풀어내는 창의적인 연구를 진행해 오고 있습니다.

강연과 질의응답 모두 영어로 진행되며, 단 질문은 우리말로 하실 경우 (답변은 아니고 질문만) 통역해 드리겠습니다.

자세한 사항은 아래 영문 공지와 첨부한 포스터를 참고해 주시기 바라고, 그 밖의 문의 사항은 역사학부 김성엽 교수(sungyupkim@snu.ac.kr)에게 보내주시면 친절히 답변드리겠습니다.

많은 관심과 참여 바랍니다.


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The American Studies Institute at Seoul National University is pleased to announce the following invited lecture:

June 21 (Wed) at 2pm
Building 14, Room 203

Robin McDowell
African and African American Studies
Washington University in St. Louis
https://www.robinmcdowell.com/about

Plant, Prison, Port, and Pigment:
Histories of Environmental Racism in Louisiana

Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” is a corridor along the Mississippi River lined with oil refineries and plastic manufacturing plants on the sites of former 19th century sugar plantations. Shocking images of toxic smokestacks rising over sugarcane fields and towns founded by descendants of enslaved African and African American people have come to symbolize the concept of “environmental racism" in its most extreme form. This presentation travels through racial, economic, and ecological layers of a southeast Louisiana town over the course of millennia. Using archives, oral histories, earth sciences, and mixed media artmaking, “Plant, Prison, Port, and Pigment” tells a deep history of ties between African American communities and the environment and introduces new possibilities for environmental justice.

The lecture and subsequent discussion will be conducted in English.

For questions and further information, please contact: sungyupkim@snu.ac.kr