Leah Dilworth to Speak at NYU about the City Reliquary

We are pleased to note that Professor Leah Dilworth (Co-Chair of the English Department) will be giving a talk at NYU about The City Reliquary, which is a not-for-profit community museum and civic organization located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Her talk is entitled "The DIY Museum: Re-Purposing the Past at The City Reliquary."


When & Where
Friday, April 8
5:00-7:00 PM
14 University Place, Ground Floor
NYU, Manhattan

About The City Reliquary: Through permanent display of New York City artifacts, rotating exhibits of community collections, and annual cultural events, The City Reliquary connects visitors to the city's past and present. http://www.cityreliquary.org/

Leah Dilworth is Professor of English at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus (and Resident Academic at The City Reliquary). She has written and lectured widely on cultural meanings of tourism, collecting, the history of craft in America, and museums. She is the author of Imagining Indians in the Southwest: Persistent Visions of a Primitive Past and editor of Acts of Possession: Collecting in America.