Richard’s Illustrated and Statistical Map of the Great Conflagration in Chicago. 1871. map6F G4104.C6 1871 .R3.
All meetings are held on Saturdays from 2pm to 4pm at the Newberry, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
The group is sponsored by The Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture at the University of Chicago.
This is a monthly workshop in which graduate students studying urban history issues present to their peers works-in-progress from their dissertations. Papers are pre-circulated by email and must be requested in advance. If you are interested in presenting or would like to attend, please contact scholarlyseminars@newberry.org.
Nicholas Kryczka, University of Chicago, serves as coordinator for 2019-2020
The group is open only to graduate students (no faculty), and members should be committed to attending as many of the meetings as possible.