Richmond Quest Lecture Series

The following Richmond Quest lecture series is offered in conjunction with the School of Continuing Studies class ART 314U: 20th Century American Art. Like the course, these lectures will focus on connections between past and present – “the connections that make us human and propel us forward” – by examining how key events, ideas and figures in American history have been interpreted in their own day and re-interpreted in the visual and film arts of later historical periods.  How are the images connected (and/or disconnected) and how do they accrue meaning over time?  All lectures are free and open to the public, and will be held in the Adams Auditorium in Boatwright Memorial Library.

• February 4, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
  Paul Porterfield, Director of the MRC, Film Studies instructor “Hopper, Hitchcock, and Film Noir”
• February 18, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
  Andy Koebler, Adjunct Professor of Music
  “Jazz: An American Original”
• March 31, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
  Paul Porterfield, Director of the MRC, Film Studies instructor “Revolution: Film and Music of the 1960s”