Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Time: 12:00 - 1:15 pm
Location: Zoom

The Taube Center for Jewish Studies and the program for Native American Studies present

Contested History, Art, and the Politics of Trauma: San Francisco’s Washington High School Mural Controversy

Featuring:
--David Treuer, Professor of English at USC, noted writer and Native American studies scholar, author of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
--Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow, respected filmmakers who are producing a documentary about the mural and the controversy surrounding it. The event will feature a preview of their film in progress!
--Steven J. Zipperstein, the Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History at Stanford, author most recently of Pogrom; Kishinev and the Tilt of History
--Karen Biestman, Associate Dean and Director, Native American Cultural Center at Stanford

Tune in for a roundtable discussion that will dig into the history of the mural, the implications behind the varied reactions to the imagery, and the ethics of public art.


Please note that the Zoom link and password will be sent out to those who have rsvp'ed the day before the event.