"Blackface: Then and Now": a presentation by Greil Marcus November 10, 2008

This fall, Greil Marcus, scholar of rock 'n roll and popular culture, holds the Winton Chair in the College of Liberal Arts. He is the author of "The Shape of Things to Come" (2006), "Lipstick Traces" (1989), "Mystery Train" (1975; 5th revised edition 2008), and other books. With Werner Sollors, he is the co-editor of "A New Literary History of America," forthcoming from Harvard in 2009.

Sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Study, the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature. To be held in 155 Nicholson Hall.

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