Connections and Contexts

In conjunction with the exhibition Séance: Albert von Keller and the Occult, the Frye Art Museum, the University of Washington’s Germanic Department, and the Simpson Center for the Humanities present a series of lectures exploring how artists, writers, and intellectuals were fascinated with spiritualism and the occult in the late nineteenth century.

This program is supported in part by a grant from Humanities Washington.


Upcoming Events


Thursday, October 28, 6:30 pm
Writing Ghosts and the Wraiths of Art: The Aesthetic Dimension of Spiritualism around 1900
Georg Braungart, Department of German, University of Tübingen, Germany

Thursday, November 18, 6:30 pm
‘Dream Blossom’ or the Origin of Modern Dance
Sabine Wilke, Department of Germanics, University of Washington

Thursday, December 2, 6:30 pm
August Strindberg and the Occult Societies of Paris in the 1890s
Ann-Charlotte Gavel Adams, Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington

Tickets

Free tickets may be picked up at the Information Desk one hour prior to the start of the program. There is no late seating, so please arrive early.

As a special benefit, Frye members may reserve free tickets in advance to guarantee seating. To reserve, call (206) 432-8289 or e-mail at least two days prior to the event. Each member may reserve two tickets and must claim their tickets at the Information Desk fifteen minutes prior to the start of the program.