Sidney L. Kasfir, Heilbrun Distinguished Emeritus Fellow and Professor Emerita, Art History Department, Emory University, will be lecturing at the Hood Museum of Art on Wednesday, February 4th. While on campus, she would like to have lunch with interested students to discuss conceptions of masculinity, African art and art history, and her academic and career trajectory. Lunch will be served at 12:30PM at the Hood Museum of Art Conference Room.
To RSVP, go to: http://goo.gl/N5ZZtG


Information on Dr. Kasfir's lecture:
4 February, Wednesday, 4:30 p.m.
Hood Museum of Art Auditorium
LECTURE
"From Spears to Kalashnikovs: Warrior Theatre and the Construction of Masculinity in the North Rift, Kenya"
Sidney L. Kasfir, Heilbrun Distinguished Emeritus Fellow, Professor Emerita, Art History Department, Emory University
Dr. Kasfir will trace the meaning of the spear in the definition of masculinity and the gradual change from spears to guns as a result of the flow of illegal weapons out of neighboring Somalia and South Sudan. Sponsored by the Hood Museum of Art, The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, and the African and African-American Studies Program (AAAS).



http://arthistory.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/kasfir.html?