Kathleen James-Chakraborty delivers a talk titled ‘Writing Against Masculinst Histories of Modern Architecture: Ethel Power and Eleanor Raymond versus the Museum of Modern Art.’ 2nd April, 5:00pm at the Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub. Historians of modern architecture have largely accepted Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock’s claims of having introduced the International Style… Read more

This article highlights the recent book by co-authors Katherine Kuenzli and Kathleen James-Chakraborty, The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World’s Fair to a Virginia HBCU. It outlines the building’s complex transatlantic history, from its origins at the 1939 New York World’s Fair to its reconstruction at Virginia Union University. The co-authors also discuss… Read more

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