The University of Massachusetts Amherst

Harvard Lecturer Johnathan M. Square to Deliver Guest Lecture

Jonathan M. Square
Jonathan M. Square

The Interdisciplinary Studies Institute announces that Jonathan M. Square of Harvard University will give a public lecture “The Myth of the Tignon and the Invention of New Orleans,” Thursday, Oct. 31 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Integrative Learning Center room S140.

Square is a writer, historian and curator of Afro-Diasporic fashion and visual culture. He runs the website “Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom,” which explores the intersection between fashion and slavery.