Saundra Weddle
Professor of architecture and author of The Brothel and Beyond: An Urban History of the Sex Trade in Early Modern Venice (Penn State UP, 2026), specializing in architectural and urban history with a focus on women's experiences in early modern Italy.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 57min
Saundra Weddle, "The Brothel and Beyond: An Urban History of the Sex Trade in Early Modern Venice" (Penn State UP, 2026)
Saundra Weddle, professor of architecture who studies how buildings shape social life, discusses her book on Venice’s sex trade. She traces how sex work spread beyond municipal brothels into alleys, gondola landings, taverns, and bathhouses. Conversations cover mapping and archival methods, neighborhood patterns, networks of workers and intermediaries, and how urban space shaped mobility and everyday practices.
Jan 28, 2026 • 57min
Saundra Weddle, "The Brothel and Beyond: An Urban History of the Sex Trade in Early Modern Venice" (Penn State UP, 2026)
Saundra Weddle, professor of architecture who studies how built environments shaped women’s lives in early modern Italy. She explores Venice’s sex trade across alleys, gondola landings, bathhouses and brothels. Short takes on archival sleuthing, mapping methods, neighborhood differences, institutional controls, and how mobility and networks reshaped urban life.
