Virtual Aesthetics in Victorian Culture: Author Talk with Amanda Shubert
Event Details
Date
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Time
7-8:30 p.m.
Location
Lake City Books, 107 N Hamilton St, Madison, WI 53703
Description
Enter the fascinating world of visual illusions and virtual reality from the Victorian era! Author Amanda Shubert will be in conversation with Dr. Sarah Anne Carter about her new book Seeing Things: Virtual Aesthetics in Victorian Culture.
Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with optical toys from the 1800s, including magic lanterns, stereoscopes, zoetropes, and flipbooks.
Attendees will have the opportunity to interact with optical toys from the 1800s, including magic lanterns, stereoscopes, zoetropes, and flipbooks.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-8815 or email bo.owen@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Today, November 20, 2025, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.