From: Center for Humanities Research <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Center for Humanities Research <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 10:22 AM Subject: CHR Spotlight Event: LaNitra Berger, Tuesday from 4:30-5:30pm Dear Colleagues, Students and Friends, LaNitra Berger (Art History and Office of Undergraduate Education) will speak about her recent book Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African Modern Art: Audacities of Color. Her book considers one of South Africa’s most enigmatic modern figures. Stern held conservative political positions on race even as her subjects openly challenged racism and later the apartheid regime. Using paintings, archival research, and new interviews, Berger's book explores how Stern became South Africa's most prolific painter of Black, Jewish, and Colored (mixed-race) life while maintaining controversial positions on race. Tuesday, 4:30-5:30pm Join Zoom Meeting https://gmu.zoom.us/j/96100556986?pwd=ZUtLcmdaMEMyOHgrWVZtZHF0TWYzZz09 Meeting ID: 961 0055 6986 Passcode: 456816 Take care, Alison Alison Landsberg Director, Center for Humanities Research (CHR) Professor of History and Cultural Studies George Mason University Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>