The Gotham Center for New York City History is pleased to invite scholars and students of 20^th century New York City history to participate in an ongoing research seminar starting in Spring 2015. Once a month, researchers working in the broad field of 20^th century New York City history will get a chance to meet and present work in progress for discussion and commentary in an interdisciplinary group whose members all share similar research interests.

20^th century New York City history is an exciting and lively field, studied today from numerous perspectives at several campuses in the city and beyond. The purpose of the seminar is to bring together people working on any aspect of this field, and through that help to foster new outlooks and promote intellectual exchange across faculty and disciplinary lines. It is our belief that getting together like this – for fun and mutual enlightenment – can help broaden the horizons of the field and help move it forward into uncharted scholarly territory. Seminar participants are invited to take part in this process either by presenting their own work to fellow New York-focused researchers or by bringing a constructively critical eye to others’ scholarship.

If you are interested in participating in the seminar, please contact Gotham Center Visiting Research Scholar Martin Lund (martin.lund@lnu.se) and let him know so he can add you to the mailing list. If you would like to present your work in progress at one of these seminars, please make sure to note this in your e-mail.