At the Victorian Interdisciplinary Studies Association of the Western United States annual conference, held at Saint Louis University, October 3-5, Susana delivered a talk titled, “Introducing the Artist as Narrator: Walter Crane’s Sixpenny New Series Book Cover and Children’s Books Publishing.”

Then, at the annual North American Victorian Studies Association conference, hosted by Georgetown University in Washington, DC, November 13-16, Susana gave a talk titled, “Toy Books and Aesthetics: Walter Crane’s The Sleeping Beauty (1876) and the Shift in Children’s Book Publishing.”

Both papers were very well received, with several attendees noting the high caliber of her presentations and the innovation of her arguments.

Travel to these conferences was supported by the Gibson Fund from the Department of Art History & Art, as well as the Verhosek Fund Travel Award and the Graduate Student Travel Award.