Consider tuning in to these sessions from Tulane University Library!
Please join Tulane University Libraries for Invisible Influencers: Examining Absence in Popular Narratives, a 3-part series of events inspired by the absence of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges from popular historical narratives and the musical canon. This series examines presence and absence in popular historical narratives as well as how they are sustained or disrupted.
We have brought together an incredible group of locally, nationally, and internationally celebrated scholars, scholar-performers, librarians, and archivists to examine these questions with us.
Part 1: Understanding Representation in the Historical Canon
April 20, 1:30-3:00pm CST
Greenleaf Conference Room, Jones Hall room 100a & Zoom (registration required for zoom link)
Panelists: Denise Frazier, Givonna Joseph, Demi Ward, Rosanne Adderley
With the figure of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges as a guiding through line, this panel will examine how race, specifically Black people/people of the African diaspora, is and is not present in the popular historical imagination.
This event is co-sponsored by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies
Link to register: https://tulane.libcal.com/event/10627035
Part 2: Archives, Libraries, and the Academy
April 25, 3:30-4:30pm CST
Dixon Annex, Recital Hall & Zoom (registration required for zoom link)
Panelists: Sakinah Davis, Liz McMahon, Leon Miller, and Rachel Stein
This panel will examine the interdependencies between libraries, archives, and the academy as well as their power collectively or individually to perpetuate and disrupt popular historical narratives.
Link to register: https://tulane.libcal.com/event/10627190
Part 3: Guided Listening to the Music of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges
April 28, 2:00-3:00pm CST
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, room 603
Facilitators: Courtney Bryan, Tara Melvin
Join a guided listening experience to judge for yourself the musical merits of Joseph Bologne and where he should reside in the musical canon.
Link to register: https://tulane.libcal.com/event/10639763