Cafe Historique: Charity and Sylvia - A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America

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Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
Doors at 5:30pm. Lecture at 7pm.

The History Department at UVic is pleased to announce the third talk of our 2015-16 Café Historique season: Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America.

Dr Rachel Hope Cleves
Department of History
University of Victoria

This talk explores the extraordinary marriage of two ordinary Vermont women in the early nineteenth century. “Charity and Sylvia” calls into question the common assumption that same-sex marriage in the United States is a new development.

What is a Café Historique? A group of interesting people in a convivial café setting, who gather to hear a talk and discuss new ideas about how the past has shaped our present and future, as well as to drink, eat, converse, meet friends, and have an evening to remember.

Café Historique is a pay-what-you-want event and is open to the public. Please look for the donation box at the entrance; if each audience member contributed as little as a twoonie, the series would be able to cover its production costs!

Seating is limited — to guarantee a place, audience members should reserve tickets using Eventbrite.ca:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cafe-historique-charity-and-sylvia-a-same-sex-marriage-in-early-america-tickets-18275157488

For more information about the series, please visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cafehistoriqueuvic.