Sophistication and American Culture: The Example of James Baldwin

This weeks’ lecture is presented by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, the College of Arts & Sciences, the American and New England Studies Program, the African American Studies Program, and the Department of English.  Our speaker is Ross Posnock, Anna Garbedian Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University.  Professor Posnock’s lecture is titled “Sophistication and American Culture: The Example of James Baldwin.”