September 2021
Transnational Women’s Networks Program
Details for this virtual event and how to connect will be provided as soon as available. A working title for the panel discussion sponsored by the SSAWW is "Networking 19th-Century Style: Preserving and Analyzing American Women's Networks." I will discuss Anne Hampton Brewster, Emily Bliss Gould, and Caroline Crane Marsh in Rome.
Find out more »Controversies of Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option
This virtual presentation will comment on Rod Dreher’s bestselling book, The Benedict Option (2017), as it connects to traditions of communal life and utopian visions. As part of a panel at the Communal Studies Association (CSA), the exact date (between Sept. 30 & Oct. 2) and time will be posted as soon as available.
Find out more »November 2021
American women in Italy
Private event
Find out more »Sororal Sadness and Hope: Transatlantic Letters of Public and Private Loss
This talk focuses on letters Caroline Crane Marsh and her sister Lucy exchanged during the Civil War, when Caroline lived in Italy and Lucy witnessed the ravages of family, friends, and strangers near her St. Louis, Missouri, home. Exact day and time of presentation will be shared as soon as available.
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