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 women's lives in early modern Italy, explores Venice's sex trade and its place in the city's urban fabric. She maps where sex work happened, traces networks of workers, procuresses, clients and landlords, and shows how everyday streets, bathhouses, gondola landings and taverns shaped mobility and social life.
