New Orleans in the American Imaginary, Spring 2018

These Franke Lectures have been organized in conjunction with the Yale College seminar “New Orleans in the American Imaginary” taught by Joseph Fischel and Crystal Feimster.

  • Natasha Trethewey, United States Poet Laureate, 2012–2014, “Bellocq’s Ophelia: New Orleans in the American Imaginary”
  • Tom Piazza, novelist and writer on American music, “Improvising Identity: New Orleans and the American Dream”
  • Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans, “NOLA 2018: New Orleans Tricentennial”
  • Lynnell Thomas, American Studies University of Massachusetts Boston, “New Orleans at 300: Tourism, Historical Memory, and Post-Katrina Reality”

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