Writers on Writing: Trevor Getz
Sunday, February 3, 2013, 4:00 pm
History Professor Trevor Getz discusses his graphic history novel Abina and the Important Men (Oxford University Press). The novel presents a compelling, powerfully illustrated "graphic history" based on an 1876 court transcript of a West African woman named Abina, who was wrongfully enslaved and took her case to court. Free.
Location:
Humanities Building, Humanities Auditorium
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Sponsor:
Creative Writing Department
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Phone:
415-338-1891
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Getz is the author of Modern Imperialism and Colonialism: A Global Perspective and Slavery and Reform in West Africa. He is also the editor for the new Oxford University Press series, African World Histories. He is an expert on how countries transition to post-conflict healing, particularly after ethnic conflict, and he also studies how societies collectively think about the past and portray it in museums and monuments.
The Creative Writing Department opens its Writers on Writing course to the public every Monday evening of the semester. Taught by Professor Camille Dungy, the course features faculty and visiting writers reading from their works and discussing their creative process.