The First Black Archaeologist-John Wesley Gilbert
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Date & Time
Wed, Feb 16 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Address (map)
123 E Canon Perdido St
Born into slavery in rural Georgia, John Wesley Gilbert went on to achieve national renown as a scholar, educator, community leader, and Christian missionary.
Prof. John W.I. Lee of the UC Santa Barbara History Department will talk about his new biography of John Wesley Gilbert, just published by Oxford University Press, including a discussion of Gilbert’s California connections.
Dr. John W.I. Lee is an Associate Professor at the UCSB Department of History. He studies the history of ancient West Asia with a focus on war and culture in the Greek and Achaemenid world from ca. 650-330 BC.