Through the Looking Glass: Ways of Seeing in 19th Century Art

Through the Looking Glass: Ways of Seeing in 19th Century Art

Presented by Fiona Finnigan The Victorians and Edwardians had many ways of seeing their world, and even more ways of depicting it in art. From the drama and emotion of Romanticism, to the hard-nosed reality of Realism, to the strange, esoteric world of the Symbolist,...
A Magical Guide to Wonderland

A Magical Guide to Wonderland

A Magical Guide to Wonderland, Being a Discussion of the Many and Varied Denizens of the Astral Plane and Beyond Presented by Jeffrey S. Kupperman The Wonderland books are filled with fantastic realms filled with denizens strange and bizarre. Some have suggested that...
Lewis Carol the Mathematician

Lewis Carol the Mathematician

Presented by Flynn Dustrud Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Wonderland author Lewis Carroll, was actually a mathematician by profession. This talk will cover his mathematics for the non-mathemtician. Flynn Dustrud is a Math Instructor at Madison College. They...
Hoaxes, Hucksters, and Humbugs (13+)

Hoaxes, Hucksters, and Humbugs (13+)

Presented by Greg Pizzino An exploration of steam era frauds, fakers, and practical jokers. From faked artifacts like the Cardiff Giant and falsified oddities like the “Feejee Mermaid” to famous pranksters Theodore Hook and Horace de Vere Cole, we’ll...