Students Debate Controversial Monuments in New Art History Course

As the United States reexamines monuments with ties to racism and injustice, Boston College students have been using the methods of art history to determine possible paths forward. In Professor Oliver Wunsch's new art history course "Contested Monuments," students this spring examined the long history of controversial monuments through weekly case studies that ranged from fascist architecture in Europe to apartheid monuments in South Africa. For their final projects, each student focused on a monument of their choice, using historical and visual evidence to propose a plan for the monument's future. Read more about the course in the recent issue of Boston College Magazine.