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Paul Staiti, professor of fine arts at Mount Holyoke College, discusses his new book that, for the first time, undertakes a comprehensive investigation into the life, death, and legacy of Jane McCrea, who was killed by a Native American warrior serving alongside British general John Burgoyne’s 1777 expedition in New York. Using both visual arts and written records, Professor Staiti reassembles the scattered fragments of McCrea’s story to illuminate a historical terrain long since shrouded in misinformation, controversy, and mythology.

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*Please note: This program was rescheduled from March 17 at 6:30 p.m. If you have already registered for the program, there is no need to register again as all registations, both in-person and virtual, will be honored. If you registered to attend the program virtually, please keep the information you received in your Zoom confirmation in a safe location as it will be required to access the program on the newly established date.

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About the Speaker

Paul Staiti is the Alumnae Foundation Professor of Fine Arts at Mount Holyoke College. He is the author of books and essays on John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, Samuel F. B. Morse, William Michael Harnett and Winslow Homer. Throughout his career, he has lectured at the Louvre, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and has been the recipient of senior fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities three times. In 2009, he was honored with Mount Holyoke’s Distinguished Teacher award. Currently he teaches courses on American art and architecture, as well as American cinema.