Singing from the Margins? The Cultural Worlds of Victorian Hymns
Friday 23 October 2020, 10:00-11:15 am PST on Zoom
Please join this lively Zoom roundtable, which brings together four scholars to talk about a diverse array of Victorian hymns, including hymns by Jewish, Ethical Culture, Black, and Animal Rights communities.
Attendees will listen to a recording of each speaker’s chosen hymn and then a brief presentation about each hymn’s cultural context and importance. The short presentations will be followed by a Q&A. The speakers are
- Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, Indiana U East (on “Bands of Mercy Hymns and Songs for Children”);
- Diana Maltz, Southern Oregon U (on “The Fisk Jubilee Singers in Britain, 1873”);
- Heather Marcovitch, Red Deer C (on “Felix Adler and the Golden City”); and
- Fred Roden, U of Connecticut (on “Missionary Judaism in Israel Zangwill’s ‘All the World (Shall Come to Serve Thee)’”).
Everyone is welcome at this free event!
To register, please email crafting@uvic.ca. The Zoom link will be emailed to registered attendees before the roundtable, which is the first event in a year-long series of 14 roundtables and workshops titled Crafting Communities: A Series of Victorian Object Lessons & Scholarly Exchanges in Covid Times. To receive the full schedule of events, please email crafting@uvic.ca.