The University of Connecticut's Center for the Study of Popular Music is proud to welcome Shana L. Redmond (she/her). Professor Redmond is a public-facing scholar and the author of Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African Diaspora (NYU Press, 2014) and Everything Man: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson (Duke UP, 2020) which was named one of NPR’s Best Books of 2020 and a finalist for the inaugural book prize from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. In 2019 she contributed the critical liner essay for the vinyl soundtrack release to Jordan Peele’s film Us (Waxwork Records). She is a professor of Musicology and African American Studies at UCLA.
Professor Redmond's talk, on the life and legacy of the artist and activist Paul Robeson, will be Monday, March 15th, starting at 4 PM EST. It will be on Zoom and all are welcome. To attend the talk, register at the link below.
https://tinyurl.com/shanaredmond
For more information, contact: Jeffrey Ogbar at jeffrey.ogbar@uconn.edu