Art History Guest Lecture: The Science of Sea Monsters: Art and Emotions in the Mapping of Nature (w/ Surekha Davies)
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The Department of Art History is pleased to present a visiting guest lecture by Surekha Davies.
The Science of Sea Monsters: Art and Emotions in the Mapping of Nature
Surekha Davies, PhD
When: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - 5pm
Where: VC212 - Victoria College, UofT ("Old Vic" Buidling - Directions Here)
Surekha Davies, PhD, is the author of the multi-award winning Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human: New Worlds, Maps and Monsters (Cambridge UP, 2016). Her second book, Humans: A Monstrous History, is under contract with the University of California Press as a lead trade-list title (publication likely in fall 2024/winter 2025). She has held faculty and postdoctoral positions in the US, the UK, and the Netherlands. She has received funding from, among others, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the John Carter Brown Library, the American Philosophical Society, the American Historical Association, the Library of Congress, and the Leverhulme Trust.
