Greg Grandin, NYU Professor of History, will lecture on “The Empire of Necessity: Herman Melville and the Problem of New World Slavery.”
AMNESP’s 2014-15 “American Conversations” Lecture Series, “New England and the World,” supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities.
Greg Grandin, NYU Professor of History, will lecture on “The Empire of Necessity: Herman Melville and the Problem of New World Slavery.”
Professor Grandin, author of the much acclaimed book, Fordlandia, will discuss his recent book on the historical circumstances surrounding Herman Melville’s 1855 novel Benito Cereno, a tale based on an 1805 slave ship uprising off the coast of Chile. Just last month, Professor Grandin’s book was awarded the prestigious Bancroft Prize in American history.
See attached flyer. Greg Grandin Flyer
When: Thursday, April 16, 5 pm
Where: 121 Bay State Road (Pardee School of Global Studies), Lecture Room, 1st Floor
Reception to follow