TODAY, Thursday, May 23rd (6pm to 8pm) - The Intersection of Race, Culture and Sexuality

Community Conversation: The Intersection of Race, Culture and Sexuality through the Lens of James Baldwin

For this second event in NAAM's Community Conversation Series, renowned scholar and author, Dr. Madgalena Zaborowska will present James Baldwin as Theater Director: Staging Queerness in Istanbul followed by facilitated conversations.  Please join in the conversation inspired by NAAM's current exhibition Bearing Witness from Another Place: James Baldwin in Turkey, Photographs by Sedat Pakay. Dr. Zaborowska is a Professor in the Departments of American Culture and Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her scholarship explores the intersections of social space and transatlantic discourses on race, nationality, (queer) sexuality, and gender; immigrant ethnicities; feminist theory; and African American literature with a focus on James Baldwin. Admission is $6.00 / Museum Members are free! Any questions or comments, please call the Museum at 206-518-6000 or email Katie at kwilliams@naamnw.org.

Northwest African American Museum

2300 Massachusetts Street, Seattle, Washington 98144

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