The Art and Politics of Monuments: Revisiting the SC Statehouse Grounds
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Seibels House 1601 Richland St, Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Join Historic Columbia and the University of South Carolina at a panel discussion featuring Dell Upton, a professor of architectural history at UCLA and author of the recently published "What Can and Can't Be Said: Race, Uplift and Monument Building in the Contemporary South." Additional panelists include Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter (District 66, Orangeburg) and Todd Shaw, an associate professor and interim chair of the political science department at USC. Thomas Brown, a professor of history at USC, will open the program with commentary on the memorials and monuments on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse then moderate the panel discussion. This lecture is free and open to the public; however, space is limited, so please RSVP to reservations@historiccolumbia.