Dartmouth Events

LECTURE

"From Spears to Kalashnikovs: Warrior Theatre and the Construction of Masculinity in the North Rift, Kenya"

Wednesday, February 4, 2015
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Hood Auditorium
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Arts, Exhibitions, Lectures & Seminars

4 February, Wednesday, 4:30 p.m.
Hood Museum of Art Auditorium
LECTURE
"From Spears to Kalashnikovs: Warrior Theatre and the Construction of Masculinity in the North Rift, Kenya"
Sidney L. Kasfir, Heilbrun Distinguished Emeritus Fellow, Professor Emerita, Art History Department, Emory University 
Dr. Kasfir will trace the meaning of the spear in the definition of masculinity and the gradual change from spears to guns as a result of the flow of illegal weapons out of neighboring Somalia and South Sudan.

For more information, contact:
Alison Palizzolo

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.