As part of our Emerging Scholars program, the Victorian Society New York supports scholarship about every aspect of 19th-century and early 20th-century culture, including architecture, literature, theater, fine and decorative art, immigration, economics, politics, education, gender roles, reform movements, music, fashion, and food. Topics for recent event winners have included globetrotting 19th-century cabinetmakers and early 1900s representations (and misrepresentations) of Indigenous Arizonans (find complete list of past presenters here).

This year, a different group of scholars will speak in one of two sessions. Session 1 on April 28 will include Charlotte Crum on the architectural innovation of New York City’s historic amories, Christina Hurtado-Pierson on performer Lillian Washburn’s shifting personas on the American stage; Sam Simons on Progressive-Era cinematic staging of “white slave” figures; and Kate Singh on childbirth on New York’s Lower East Side at the turn of the 20th century. Learn more about each scholar and their work.

Tuesday, April 28
6:00–8:00 p.m.
MacDowell
521 West 23rd Street, New York

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