Motivating Monuments, a Pitt Graduate Symposium, is a two-day event dedicated to examining the agency of monuments as living sites of cultural memory and identity. Speakers will address these issues through a variety of historical contexts, examining how relationships between audiences and monuments are defined or redefined as regimes change, colonies falter, or public attitudes shift. Dr. Jacqueline Jung of Yale University will serve as the symposium's keynote speaker.

Schedule:

Friday, November 2 at 5:30 PM -  Dr. Jacqueline Jung will speak at the CMoA Theatre.

Saturday, November 3rd from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Four panels will take place throught the day in the Humanities Center (Cathedral of Learning, 602) .