Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Join via Zoom or in Meeting Room A to view the webinar featuring author Deirdre Mask. ICPL book copy availability can be seen at this link.
About the book
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power, looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt the streets of modern Germany. The flipside of having an address is not having one, and we also see what that means for millions of people today, including those who live in the slums of Kolkata and on the streets of London. Filled with fascinating people and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn’t—and why.
About the author
Deirdre Mask graduated from Harvard College summa cum laude and attended University of Oxford before returning to Harvard for law school, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. She completed a master’s in writing at the National University of Ireland. Originally from North Carolina, she has taught at Harvard and the London School of Economics. She currently lives with her husband and daughters in London.
How to register
Pre-registration is required for this Zoom webinar. Sign up at this link. ICPL will also livestream the webinar in Meeting Room A.
Cosponsored event with The City of Iowa City's Office of Equity and Human Rights and the Iowa City Public Library.
Iowa City Public Library Iowa City Public Library America/Chicago publicZoom event + In-person event + Livestream
Meeting Room A, Zoom, Livestream
Join via Zoom or in Meeting Room A to view the webinar featuring author Deirdre Mask. ICPL book copy availability can be seen at this link.
About the book
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power, looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt the streets of modern Germany. The flipside of having an address is not having one, and we also see what that means for millions of people today, including those who live in the slums of Kolkata and on the streets of London. Filled with fascinating people and histories, The Address Book illuminates the complex and sometimes hidden stories behind street names and their power to name, to hide, to decide who counts, who doesn’t—and why.
About the author
Deirdre Mask graduated from Harvard College summa cum laude and attended University of Oxford before returning to Harvard for law school, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. She completed a master’s in writing at the National University of Ireland. Originally from North Carolina, she has taught at Harvard and the London School of Economics. She currently lives with her husband and daughters in London.
How to register
Pre-registration is required for this Zoom webinar. Sign up at this link. ICPL will also livestream the webinar in Meeting Room A.
Cosponsored event with The City of Iowa City's Office of Equity and Human Rights and the Iowa City Public Library.
If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.
This event is open to the public.
Cosponsor
Cosponsor Organization: Office of Equity and Human Rights
Cosponsor Name: Stefanie Bowers
