Event time:
Friday, March 4, 2016 - 8:00am
Location:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (BRBL)
121 Wall St.
New Haven, CT
06511
Event description:
“The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict” exploring the significance of Austin Reed’s work to the canon of African American literature and the histories of slavery and incarceration in the United States.
Organized by Professor Caleb Smith, Department of English, speakers will include Louise Bernard (Ralph Applebaum Associates), Jeannine DeLombard (UC Santa Barbara), Joy James (Williams College), and Geoff Ward (UC Irvine). There will be two panels as well as a library session with the manuscript itself.
Sponsored by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition; and by the Departments of English and African American Studies.
Open to:
General Public