BOOK LAUNCH | Montreal History Group: Collective Book Launch

DETAILS AND REGISTRATION:

The Montreal History Group is hosting a collective book launch for four recent titles. Two MQUP titles are being launched:

Countercurrents: Women's Movements in Postwar Montreal by Amanda Ricci

Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper edited by Sean Mills, Eric Fillion and Désirée Rochat

Centre des Mémoires montréalaises, Salle Belvédère
1210 boul. Saint-Laurent, Montréal

Registration required: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUC3CM-TCLI4zx6Wjh8tIIAXFQLjBsZGMbKVf0SO2mpQzDEQ/viewform

More information: https://ghm.uqam.ca/en/2024/05/16/invitation-to-a-collective-book-launch/

about the books

Countercurrents: Women's Movements in Postwar Montreal

Countercurrents rewrites the history of post-war feminism in Montreal by incorporating parallel social movements, such as Red Power, Black Power, and Quebec liberation, into the larger narrative of the women’s movement. Case studies compare and reflect on the histories and political work of various feminist groups in Quebec.

Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper

Jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894–1977), Paul Robeson’s first accompanist and teacher to Oscar Peterson, came to prominence near the end of his life for his exceptional career. Statesman of the Piano makes his unpublished autobiography widely available for the first time, with commentary from historians, archivists, musicians, and cultural critics.