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STANFORD HUMANITIES CENTER EVENTS
Simon Schama: The Abolition of the Slave Trade Two Hundred Years On- America and Britain: Two Diverging Destinies?
Monday October 29, 2007 | 07:00 -09:00 PM |
Presidential Lecturer
Marking the bicentenary of the abolishment of the transatlantic slave trade, British historian Simon Schama spoke to a full house on the different responses in America and Britain to this historic event. Schama recently authored "Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution," which won the 2006 National Book Critic's Circle Award for general non-fiction. His thirty-plus films for the BBC include the Emmy-nominated "A History of Britain" and the eight-part "Power of Art." Schama also writes regularly for "The Guardian" and "The New Yorker" and won a National Magazine Award for his art criticism in 1996.
Simon Schama: The Abolition of the Slave Trade Two Hundred Years On- America and Britain: Two Diverging Destinies?
Monday October 29, 2007 | 07:00 -09:00 PM |
Presidential Lecturer
Marking the bicentenary of the abolishment of the transatlantic slave trade, British historian Simon Schama spoke to a full house on the different responses in America and Britain to this historic event. Schama recently authored "Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution," which won the 2006 National Book Critic's Circle Award for general non-fiction. His thirty-plus films for the BBC include the Emmy-nominated "A History of Britain" and the eight-part "Power of Art." Schama also writes regularly for "The Guardian" and "The New Yorker" and won a National Magazine Award for his art criticism in 1996.
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The Calendar of Events lists events sponsored and co-sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center. For a more comprehensive listing of university-wide events, see the Stanford Event Calendar.
The Calendar of Events lists events sponsored and co-sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center. For a more comprehensive listing of university-wide events, see the Stanford Event Calendar.