![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This academic year, he is the William Wilson Corcoran Visiting Professor of Community Engagement at the George Washington University. He also serves as Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Public Art & Space at the University of Pennsylvania. Farber is Director and Co-Founder of Monument Lab. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, BBC, Lonely Planet Magazine, The Daily Beast, and more. ![]() If you encounter any issues, please join us on NYPL's YouTube channel.Īlex Von Tunzelmann is the author of Blood and Sand, Indian Summer, and Red Heat. The program will be streamed live on this page. Farber, Director and Co-Founder of Monument Lab, joins Tunzelmann to discuss the book, how societies remember-and confront-the past, and asks whether statues have had their day. As these iconic figures fall, the backlash against what's perceived as historical erasure is vigorous and swift, raising the question of whether monuments chart the history they represent, or serve as political statements about the moments in which they were created?Īlex von Tunzelmann's Fallen Idols explores the rise and fall of 12 famous and controversial statues around the planet. Lee has been graffitied in Virginia, Columbus beheaded in Massachusetts, and King Leopold II set on fire in Antwerp. From the United States to the United Kingdom, to Belgium, New Zealand, and Bangladesh, statues and monuments personifying histories of slavery, colonialism, and genocide are being vandalized and torn down. ![]()
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