Harriet F. Senie

Harriet F. Senie is an American art historian and author who specialises in public art, memorials and the intersection of art and politics. Monumental Controversies examines the heated debates over public monuments and memorials that have erupted across the United States and beyond, exploring how statues and public art function as symbols of power, identity and historical memory. Senie brings scholarly expertise and a balanced perspective to a subject that has become one of the most polarising cultural issues of recent years, examining the history, meaning and contested future of public monuments from Confederate statues to contemporary memorials. Her audiobooks and books offer readers a thoughtful and well-informed contribution to one of the defining cultural debates of our time.