Intersectional Encounters in the Nineteenth-Century Archive

When: Monday, December 5, 2022, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Where: Durham University and online, Zoom

Hybrid Research Conversation and Book Launch of ‘Intersectional Encounters in the Nineteenth-Century Archive’, edited by Dr Rachel Bryant Davies and Dr Erin Johnson-Williams

This is a research conversation held at Durham University (4-7 pm) and via Zoom (4-5.30 pm) to celebrate the launch of ‘Intersectional Encounters in the Nineteenth-Century Archive’, edited by Dr Rachel Bryant Davies and Dr Erin Johnson-Williams. In addition to celebrating the authors' contributions to this collection, this research conversation aims to explore further avenues for future collaborative research. There will be discussion opportunities in the Q&A.

Speakers

• Professor Tim Barringer (Paul Mellon Professor of the History of Art, Yale University; hybrid)
• Adiva Lawrence (Curator, International Slavery Museum; PhD candidate, University of Hull)
• Jennifer Tucker (Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Guns and Society, Wesleyan University; hybrid)
• Efram Sera-Shriar (Associate Professor in English, Germanic and Romance Studies, Copenhagen and Associate Director of Research for the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International at Durham University; hybrid)

Event programme

4 pm Welcome: Bennett Zon (Professor of Music and Director of the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies, Durham)

Introduction: Professor Tim Barringer (Paul Mellon Professor of the History of Art, Yale University; hybrid)

Panel discussion followed by Q&A:

• Rachel Bryant Davies (Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Lead Director of the Centre for the Study of the Nineteenth Century and its Legacies, Queen Mary University of London)
• Erin Johnson-Williams (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Department of Music, Durham)
• Adiva Lawrence (Curator, International Slavery Museum; PhD candidate, University of Hull)
• Jennifer Tucker (Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Guns and Society, Wesleyan University; hybrid)
• Efram Sera-Shriar (Associate Professor in English, Germanic and Romance Studies, Copenhagen and Associate Director of Research for the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International at Durham University; hybrid)

5.30 pm: In-person book launch gathering with wine and nibbles