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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Destroying Images: Current Iconoclasm in Context
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SUMMARY:Destroying Images: Current Iconoclasm in Context
DESCRIPTION:[[{'fid':'577606','view_mode':'default','type':'media','attributes':{'height':'300','width':'498','class':'media-element file-default'}}]].. Free Public Lecture: James Simpson, Chair, Department of English and   Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English, Harvard UniversityThe destruction of iconic images and monuments—iconoclasm—carried out today by extremists representing a wide range of political and religious views, makes many recoil in horror. This response, however, is in part derived from the fact that our Western cultures have themselves been fiercely iconoclastic. James Simpson will discuss the six classic phases of iconoclasm in European history and highlight the role that museums have played in protecting objects from major iconoclastic events. From this history, he will put current iconoclasm into perspective.Free parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage [1][1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/52+Oxford+St,+Harvard+University,+Cambridge,+MA+02138/@42.3801645,-71.1153057,17z/data=%213m1%214b1%214m2%213m1%211s0x89e37740a3c56959:0xe17bf20973449411
LOCATION:Harvard Museum of Natural History, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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