Since 1971 the National Gallery’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts has partnered with the department of art history and archaeology at the University of Maryland to present this annual symposium. The event brings together museum and academic communities and provides a platform for the latest research from graduate students in our region.
Program
Morning Session, 10:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Welcome by Steven Nelson, The Center, National Gallery
Moderated by Emily Catherine Egan, University of Maryland
Erin Wrightson, University of Pennsylvania
The Human Forest: 16th-Century Brazilwood Extraction and Contemporary Legacies
Introduced by Sarah M. Guerin
Megan Baker, University of Delaware
Drawing Kinship: Pastel, Whiteness, and the Aesthetic Work of Colonial Authority
Introduced by Jennifer Van Horn
Amy Orner, Pennsylvania State University
Visions of Empire in Edinburgh’s New Town
Introduced by Robin Thomas
Hossein Nakhaei, University of Pittsburgh
A Composite of Fragments: Removal, Displacement, and Illusion in Museum Displays of Persian Luster Tiles
Introduced by Sahar Hosseini
Afternoon Session, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Welcome and moderated by Kaira M. Cabañas, The Center, National Gallery
Raquel Belden, Emory University
Fashioning Modernist Painting: Representations of Hand Fans in Marie Laurencin’s Art
Introduced by Todd Cronan
Brandee Newkirk, Duke University
Under Advisement: New Negro Women and the Black Beauty Bodily Aesthetic
Introduced by Jasmine Cobb
Drew Lynch, Virginia Commonwealth University
The Diasporic Archive and the Reimagining of Memory in the Art of Faith Ringgold and Simone Leigh
Introduced by Tobias Wofford
Haojian Cheng, University of Maryland
Panorama of Mount Lu and Zhang Daqian’s Taiwanese Period (1976–1983)
Introduced by Jason Kuo