Retrospective on the book presentation of The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World’s Fair to a Virginia HBCU, exploring the remarkable history of the Belgian Friendship Building, a modernist structure designed under the direction of Henry van de Velde, originally created for the 1939 World’s Fair in New York and later given a… Read more

Kathleen James-Chakraborty participates in a book lecture on The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World’s Fair to a Virginia HBCU, together with Katherine M. Kuenzli, at the Boekentoren (Ghent University Library) on 25 February 2026. Date: 25 February 2026, 18:30Location: Boekentoren, Ghent University Library Registration required: https://boekentoren.gent/en/articles/book-talk-the-belgian-friendship-building-from-the-new-york-worlds-fair-to-a-virginia-hbcu Read more

Kathleen James-Chakraborty presents her paper ‘Ethel Bailey Furman and the Struggle for Design Credit’ at the III International Congress: Colonial and Post-Colonial Landscapes — Architecture, Cities, Labour, taking place 11–13 February at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. Read more

Kathleen James-Chakraborty presents her paper, ‘From the Belgian Pavilion to the Belgian Friendship Building: A Remnant of New York’s 1939 World’s Fair,’ at the ISIE Speaker Series on January 22, 2026. https://www.isie-global.org/ Read more