Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference
March 23 & 24, 2001
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SARAH DEUTSCH
Author of Women and the City: Gender, Space, and Power in Boston 1870-1940
Sponsored by:
The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA)
and
Boston University’s American and New England Studies Program
The City has always provided a rich forum for the interactions of various classes, which is evident in the City’s physical and cultural geography. These interactions are reflected in urban architecture, art, literature, and history. This interdisciplinary conference will provide an opportunity for the exploration of the many relationships between the City and its classes during the period 1800-1945. As this conference intends to complement ongoing research on SPNEA’s Harrison Gray Otis House, we hope to include papers on related topics such as boarding houses, working class lifestyles, and the influence of middle class material culture on the City’s landscape and inhabitants.
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