Burdan to talk on women in the Gilded Age at Flagler Community Lecture Series event

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Judith Burdan

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (12/03/2013)(readMedia)-- Judith Burdan will discuss the role of women in the Gilded Age at the Flagler College Community Lecture Series event on Dec. 10.

Burdan, an assistant professor of English at Flagler, will present "Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country: Money, Power and the 'New Woman' in the Gilded Age" as part of the series, which this semester has focused on the Gilded Age in honor of the 125th anniversary of the former Hotel Ponce de Leon.

Professor Burdan earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.A. and B.A. in English and English Education from the University of Florida. She specializes in 18th century British literature, is widely published in academic journals and has delivered more than 20 scholarly presentations at academic conferences and workshops.

The series features a lineup of historians and scholars discussing Henry Flagler's vision for St. Augustine, social classes and American politics during the late 19th century, and the influence of art, music and literature during the Gilded Age.

Tickets to the lecture are $5 per person. Active military personnel may attend at no charge. Lectures begin at 10 a.m. in the Flagler Room at Flagler College, 74 King St. The lecture will last approximately one hour and will be followed by a coffee and pastry reception.

This year, thanks to VISIT FLORIDA's Cultural Heritage and Nature Tourism Grant Program, Flagler College is offering complimentary admission to the fall 2013 Flagler College Community Lecture Series for any St. Johns County tourism employee. Tourism employees interested in attending the lecture will need to present their employee name tag or ID at the lecture series registration table.

Reservations for the lecture series are required due to limited space. Call (904) 819-6282 for reservations or more information. To watch a live stream of these lectures, visit ustream.tv/channel/community-lecture-series.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 29 majors, 34 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost. A Flagler education is less than half the cost of similar private colleges, and competitive with many state universities. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.