Gwenda-lin Grewal

Nov 25, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Chiara Bottici |Mitchell Abidor |Gwenda-lin Grewal |Adam Mansbach

Saint Christina of Bolsera (ca. 1650–1655)| Carlo Dolci / National Trust Images via Art UKI am doing it again. Teaching Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies. As I always do, I asked at the beginning of class who knew the work before our “Philosophy and Literature” class. This time, a positive surprise! One student had been introduced to de Pizan’s writing by her high school teacher—a woman, the student explained, who liked to do things outside of the box.