Torkwase Dyson, 06 (Scenes), 2021 graphite, acrylic, and ink on paper 9" × 12" (22,86 cm × 30,48 cm)

Thursday, October 13, 2022 - 5:30pm to 8:00pm

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Ninenteeth-Century America

Revised and Updated with a New Preface by the Author (New York: W.W. Norton, 2022)

25th Anniversary Conversation and Book Launch with Saidiya Hartman, Torkwase Dyson, and Cameron Rowland.

5:30pm | Conversation in Gittis Hall 213, Penn Law School, 3501 Sansom Street

7:15pm |  Book Signing at Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, 118 S 36th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

This event is sponsored by ICA Philadelphia, the History of Art Department, Annenberg School for Communication, the School of Arts and Sciences, and The Center For Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Saidiya Hartman. Photo: Jai Lennard