““Over London at Night”: Gasworks, Ballooning, and the Visual Gas Field,” British Art Studies, Issue 22 (2022).

““Over London at Night”: Gasworks, Ballooning, and the Visual Gas Field,” British Art Studies, Issue 22 (2022). This article explores some of the historical forces through which the Thames became a key site where gas manufacture and ballooning came together to provide new forms of experience and spectacle; and economic Read more…

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation “Humanities for All Times” Awards $1,064,500 to Wesleyan University for its “Carceral Connecticut Project,” Exploring the Past and Contemporary Resonances of Slavery, Race, and Industrialization in New England

Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT): Through the generosity of a Mellon Foundation “Humanities for All Times” award, Wesleyan is able to embark on a new project that explores – from interdisciplinary perspectives – the past and contemporary resonances of slavery, race, and industrialization in New England, through innovative curricula, engagement with Read more…

“Visual Histories of Sex: Collecting, Curating, Archiving,” Radical History Review 2022 (142): 1-18.

“Visual Histories of Sex: Collecting, Curating, Archiving,” Radical History Review 2022 (142): 1-18. Co-authors: Heike Bauer, Melina Pappademos, & Katie Sutton. [Free online pdf access through Duke Univ. Press] Abstract: Increased access to visual archives and the proliferation of digitized images related to sexuality have led a growing number of Read more…

“Law and New Media” Conference, The Huntington, San Marino, CA, Sept. 16-17, 2022.

On September 16–17, 2022, I will participate in a conference hosted by The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens on the topic of “Law and New Media.” The conference will convene leading academics and practitioners for a far-reaching conversation about the ways in which technologies of print media, photography, Read more…

Keynote lecture, “Camera Atmosphaera,” Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies (INCS) conference: “Strata,” University of Utah, March 24-27, 2022.

Looking forward with anticipation to this year’s INCS conference in Salt Lake City, March 24-27, 2022. For more information, click here for the INCS 2022 conference website and exciting program of talks, field trips, and other events! About the INCS Conference Held in a region of rich fossil beds, towering Read more…

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