Launch of The Race and Regency Lab
The JCB is honored to host the launch of The Race and Regency Lab, a project directed by Professor Patricia Matthew of Montclair State University.
This event will feature an opportunity to view pieces from our Collection, a book signing with Nikki Payne, an evening lecture, and a reception.
This is a hybrid (in-person and virtual) event. Please use the links above to register for the event!
Program:
Friday, September 13, 2024
John Carter Brown Library - Reading Room
1:00—2:30 p.m.
Race, Agency, and the Archive
JCB Welcome
Karin Wulf (Beatrice and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Director and Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library, Professor of History, Brown University)
Race and Regency Lab Welcome
Patricia A. Matthew (Associate Professor of English, Montclair State University, Director, The Race and Regency Lab)
(Re) Constructing Race and the Archives
Patricia Akhimie (Director, Folger Institute, Folger Shakespeare Library)
Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth (Lecturer in French and British History of Art, Edinburgh University)
Black Agency in/and the Archives
Simon Newman (Senior Visiting Fellow, John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study)
Christopher West (Curator of the Black Diaspora, Brown University)
2:45—3:45 p.m.
Mapping Race in The Regency
Welcome and Comments
Bertie Mandelblatt (George S. Parker II '51 Curator of Maps and Prints, John Carter Brown Library)
Race and Regency Lab Welcome
Joseph Rezek (Associate Professor of English, Boston University)
Visualizing Property
Constanza Robles S. (Doctoral Candidate History of Art & Architecture, Boston University)
4:00—5:30 p.m.
The Race and Regency Lab
Welcome and Introducing Kim Hall
Karin Wulf
Reflections on Archival Navigations
Kim F. Hall (Lucyle Hook Chair and Professor of English and Africana Studies, Barnard College)
A Plan for the Belvedere Estate: Austen, Provisionally
Patricia A. Matthew (Associate Professor of English, Montclair State University and Director Race and Regency Lab)
Black Women Reimagine the Regency
Carole V. Bell (Lecturer University of South Florida, Freelance Journalist, Co-Producer and Co-Host of the Black Romance Podcast)
Nikki Payne (Novelist)
5:30—7:00
Reception