Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett Lectures

Join us on October 17th at the UWM Golda Meir Library 4th floor Conference Center for the Stahl Center Distinguished Lecture by Professor Emerita Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Stahl Center Distinguished Lecture
“The Role of Museums in Perilous Times: What’s Happening in Poland?”
UWM Golda Meir Library 4th floor conference center
Free and open to the public

Two additional Kirshenblatt-Gimblett lectures will take place at the Milwaukee Public Museum and the Milwaukee Art Museum, listed below.

Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 12:00 pm
“Beyond Living Memory: The Future of Holocaust Museums”
Kohl’s Garden Galleries, Milwaukee Public Museum
Free and open to the public

Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 6:15 pm
Faye Sigman Woman of Valor Lecture
“Curating Between Hope and Despair: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews”
Milwaukee Art Museum’s Lubar Auditorium
Free admission with postcard or MAM membership

Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett is University Professor Emerita and Professor Emerita of Performance Studies at
New York University and Chief Curator of the Core Exhibitionat POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

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