Booking and details
Dates Thu, Nov 02, 2023, 3pm
Tickets Free; registration required
Duration 2 hours
A Zoom access link will be provided to registered participants closer to the date. This virtual event will take place in Eastern Time (ET).
This virtual conversation asks how the early modern history of religious iconoclasm — the intentional destruction of images and symbols — might help us better understand our present moment. Where do contemporary acts of violence against secular monuments and art fit within this history?
Graduate students are encouraged to join a separate breakout Q&A at the conclusion of the session.
The Folger Institute is a center for advanced research in the early modern humanities at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Learn more.
About the “What is…?” Series
The “What is…” series of virtual afternoon workshops invites you to join an open conversation on important early modern ideas and how they relate to our modern world. In this first round of workshops, scholars from a range of disciplines will guide individual sessions on “Secularity,” “Consent,” “Iconoclasm,” and “Revolution.” Their conversation will be followed by space for participant discussion and questions.
Other events in the series
What is...Secularity?
What is...Consent?
What is...Revolution?
Invited Speakers
Sharon Achinstein
is the Sir William Osler Professor of English and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
James Simpson
is the Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University
Victoria Kahn
is Professor and Katharine Bixby Hotchkis Chair in English at the University of California, Berkeley.
Reginald A. Wilburn
is the Associate Provost of Undergraduate Affairs at Texas Christian University.