Join the faculty and students of Human Rights at UC Davis for the second in this year’s Human Rights Lectures. January 25 at 7:00 pm. Held at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis, and co-sponsored by Art History, Professor Dell Upton, one of America’s leading thinkers on the political meaning, use and abuse of Confederate monuments and Civil Rights memorials will speak on how racism, politics and the struggle for human rights intersect in public parks and in front of courthouse steps. Ari Kelman, an award-winning American historian will help guide our discussion with Professor Upton. UC Davis College of Letters and Science. Sign up now to make sure you will have a chance to attend this important evening.

Professor Dell Upton, chair of UCLA’s art history department, is a leading historian of architecture, material culture and cities. He will address the debate surrounding monuments to the Civil War erected in the South in the early 20th century. A post-lecture discussion will be led by Ari Kelman, Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of History, and associate dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs and Planning, College of Letters and Science.

When: January 25, 7-9 pm
Where: Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis