WHAT: A GMH Parlor Presentation-Multiple Meanings: Gothic Church Interiors in Britain and the US in the 19th and 20th Centuries, with Professor Carol Herringer, PhD., Georgia Southern University
WHEN: Thursday, September 10 at 6 p.m. A reception and chance to meet the speaker will follow.
WHERE: Green-Meldrim House, 327 Bull Street, Savannah, GA - Madison Square
HOW MUCH: Free of charge! Seating reservations required.
CONTACT: 912-233-3845; info@greenmeldrimhouse.org
WHAT ELSE: Unlock the symbolism of historic church interiors with Dr. Herringer at the GMH. Her upcoming talk details the Victorian Gothic revival in British Anglo-Catholic churches. Learn how new features--from raised altars to rood screens--were driven by changes in Eucharistic doctrine. The presentation will also feature local insights into the interior of St. John's church.
From the GMH Director: "We cannot understand nineteenth century architecture without studying churches. Our goal is to bridge that gap."
About the speaker: Carol Engelhardt Herringer is professor of History at Georgia Southern University, where she teaches World History, British History and a course on vampires in history and culture. She has served as chair of the History department at Georgia Southern University (2019-2024) and before that as chair for the Department of History at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio (2021-2016). She is the author of Victorians and the Virgin Mary: Religion and Gender in England 1830-85 (Manchester UP, 2008) and a number of articles and essays on Victorian religion and culture, as well as co-editor of Edward Bouverie Pusey and the Oxford Movement (Anthem, 2012). She is currently working on a book project on the cultural significance of debates over the Eucharist in the Victorian Church of England.