The Geology of Living Beings: Coral and the 19th-Century Aquarium

the crystal palace

Date and Time

December 4, 2025
06:00PM - 07:30PM EST

Location

Barker Center, Room 114

VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

SPEAKER: Anna Henchman, Boston University

Anna Henchman is Associate Professor of English at Boston University. Her first book, The Starry Sky Within revealed links between stellar astronomy and vertiginous shifts in point of view. She’s working on two longer projects: one on Coral for Reaktion Books and another entitled “Tiny Creatures and the Boundaries of Being.”