In preparation for an upcoming special issue,
Eighteenth-Century Studies, which is a cross-disciplinary journal committed to publishing the best of current writing on all aspects of eighteenth-century culture, is hosting a one-day workshop on the theme of “the city.” This workshop will explore a wide variety of topics, including cities as economic engines, cultural depictions of urban life, new repertoires of state control over increasingly large concentrated populations, concerns over the effect of the city on morality, and the extent to which the eighteenth century might be described as an urban one, reflecting on cities throughout the world: from Boston to Madrid, St. Petersburg, and Canton, among many others.
Rather than a forum for presenting or discussing pre-written papers, we envision the workshop as an opportunity to have a conversation, and therefore welcome all interested members of the wider Yale community to attend. Participating scholars include Julie Buckler (Harvard University), Daniel Botsman (Yale University), Mariana Dantas (Ohio University), Richard Kagan (Johns Hopkins University), Robert Markley (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Erika Naginski (Harvard University), Mark Peterson (University of California, Berkeley), and Jessica Roney (Temple University).
The workshop will take place Friday, April 17th between 9am and 5pm at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Please see the schedule below for more information, or contact sarah.kinkel@yale.edu with any questions.
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Workshop: The Eighteenth-Century City
Beinecke Library
17 April 2015
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and Introduction: Steve Pincus
9:10 – 9:45 Richard Kagan (Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University)
9:45 – 10:20 Julie Buckler (Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University)
10:20 – 10:50 Break
10:50 – 11:25 Mariana Dantas (Associate Professor of History, Ohio University)
11:25 – 12:00 Robert Markley (W.D. and Sara E. Trowbridge Professor English, Writing Studies, and Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:05 Erika Naginski (Professor of Architectural History, Harvard University)
2:05 – 2:40 Mark Peterson (Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley)
2:40 – 3:10 Break
3:10 – 3:45 Jessica Roney (Assistant Professor of History, Temple University)
3:45 – 4:10 Daniel Botsman (Professor of History, Yale University)
4:10 – 4:40 Concluding discussion