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'The Congo I Presume': Tepid Revisionism at the Belgian Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, 1910/2005

A faculty lecture by DEBORA SILVERMAN, UCLA, History

Thursday, February 14, 2008
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
6275 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095

King Leopold II galvanized his new nation of Belgium to show imperial prowess and bring liberation and civilization to a "Congo Free State." This lecture, part of a book-in-progress, explores how the Congo was represented in the King's Museum at the turn of the century and how it is now being reconsidered.

Cost: Free

For more information please contact

Jim Robbins
Tel: 310-825-4060
jrobbins@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/euro/events

Sponsor(s): Center for European and Eurasian Studies, Department of History

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