# Event Details - **Event Name**: Lectures on Tap - "The Troubling Psuedoscience of Phrenology Explored" - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in NYC bars.About this Event📍 Location: Exact address given in confirmation email 🧠 Lecture: The Troubling Psuedoscience of Phrenology Explored 🎤 Speaker: James Henry In the 19th century, phrenology was the ultimate personality test—a self-help craze that claimed to reveal your ideal spouse, perfect career, or hidden criminal tendencies by “reading” the bumps on your skull. Now largely dismissed as junk science, it once captivated the public imagination and became a wildly profitable industry, with New York City as its commercial epicenter.In this talk, NYC tour guide James Henry uncovers how an eccentric European theory fused with American entrepreneurship to shape art, literature, and everyday life, while masking a far more disturbing reality. The booming demand for skulls fueled a gruesome global trade in human remains, and phrenology’s seemingly harmless parlor tricks were ultimately weaponized by social reformers, helping lay the pseudoscientific foundations of the American eugenics movement.Along the way, you’ll meet the characters who transformed phrenology into a global phenomenon and examine its chilling legacy in science, medicine, and popular culture.James Henry specializes in the cemeteries and burial spaces of New York City, guiding for Green-Wood Cemetery and Bowery Boys Walks. He is currently working on a graphic novel about the global history of body snatching.Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌Agenda6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.6:55 PM – Host introduction7:00 PM – Lecture begins7:45 PM – Audience Q&A8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round8:30 PM – Wrap up. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brooklyn/lectures-on-tap-the-troubling-psuedoscience-of-phrenology-explored/100001997901192248 - **Event Categories**: art, science-fair, literary-art, business - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Gowanus - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 41.32, max: 41.32, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Brooklyn - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Gowanus - **lat**: 40.6815619 - **long**: -73.9785952 - **full address**: Gowanus, Gowanus, Brooklyn, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Lectures on Tap - "The Troubling Psuedoscience of Phrenology Explored" - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/bacb23bcae7ee46ffdcd567f3060c9401b5cf858d84d76bac75ecd996147882a-rimg-w1200-h600-dce8e8d8-gmir.jpg?v=1787646610 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Lectures on Tap - "The Troubling Psuedoscience of Phrenology Explored" being held? - **A:** Lectures on Tap - "The Troubling Psuedoscience of Phrenology Explored" takes place on Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 17 Sep, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Gowanus, Gowanus, Brooklyn, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Lectures on Tap - "The Troubling Psuedoscience of Phrenology Explored"? - **A:** Lectures on Tap - "The Troubling Psuedoscience of Phrenology Explored" is organized by Felecia For The Win. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Lectures on Tap - "The Troubling Psuedoscience of Phrenology Explored" is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Brooklyn, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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