This event is in the past.It took place on May 21, 2026 at Oshman Hall, McMurtry Building.
What if whale teeth could rewrite colonial history? Art historian Maggie Cao explores how nineteenth-century whale ivory, traded between US whalers, Chinese merchants, and Fijian communities, became an unexpected archive of time itself. Expect a mind-bending journey through maritime material culture that challenges whose clocks count.
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Weintz Art Lecture Series: Maggie Cao
What if whale teeth could rewrite colonial history? Art historian Maggie Cao explores how nineteenth-century whale ivory, traded between US whalers, Chinese merchants, and Fijian communities, became an unexpected archive of time itself. Expect a mind-bending journey through maritime material culture that challenges whose clocks count.
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