On Wednesday, February 22, the University Museum of Contemporary Art will host the twenty-third annual DuBois Lecture. This year, the lecture will take the form of an interactive panel, titled "Viewing the Past Through the Eyes of the Present: A Dialogue Around the Work of Kara Walker." The panel will feature Barbara Krauthamer (Dean of the Graduate School, Professor of History, and 2013-2014 "Emancipation" Fellow), Traci Parker (Asst. Professor of Afro-American Studies), and Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor (Asst. Professor of History, Smith College). The conversation will be moderated by Whitney Battle-Baptiste (Director of the W.E.B. DuBois Center, Professor of Anthropology, and former ISHA and ISI Fellow).

The DuBois Lecture will take place from 4-6 p.m. in the Commonwealth Honors College Events Hall (Room 160), and will be free and open to the public.