MMUF-SSRC New York Regional Lecture

(Please note that the date of this event has changed from February 27th to February 26th, and the venue from the SSRC offices to the Eventi Hotel, 851 6th Avenue between 29th and 30th Streets, NYC.) This year's speaker for the New York Regional Lecture will be MMUF PhD Drew Thompson, Assistant Professor of Historical and Africana Studies at Bard College. Drew was selected as an MMUF fellow at Williams College and earned his PhD in African history from the University of Minnesota. He is a recipient of the Watson fellowship, which he spent in Botswana and Uganda researching the role of the visual arts in the fight against HIV/AIDS. His talk will be titled "Visualizing the Invisible: The Biometrics of War and Photography in Mozambique." Fellows at all levels of the program, including current undergraduates, are welcome to attend, as are coordinators. A directory of contact information for all those who have RSVP'ed will be provided at the event, so that attendees may stay in contact with one another afterward.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Jasmine Little at little@ssrc.org.