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News - Timothy Patrick McCarthy Lecture Video on 'Prophets of Protest'

by Antislavery Webmaster — last modified 2008-07-31 17:29 2006 by the Antislavery Literature Project

On Thursday, October 12, 2006, Project affiliate Timothy Patrick McCarthy lectured on 'Prophets of Protest: Literary Abolitionism and the Aesthetics of Equality' at the Arizona State University English department.

Timothy Patrick McCarthy teaches at both the Committee on History and Literature at Harvard University, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.  The lecture video and poster appear below:

  • Prophets of Protest: Literary Abolitionism and the Aesthetics of Equality (RealPlayer) 
  • Talk Poster (PDF)

     

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