AHNCA/Dahesh Grad Symposium, March 15–16
Twenty-Second Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Nineteenth-Century Art
Co-sponsored by the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art (AHNCA) and the Dahesh Museum of Art
Saturday and Sunday, March 15–16, 2025 (online)
Keynote Lecture: Rachael Z. DeLue
Saturday, March 15, 11:00AM EST, register: www.tinyurl.com/grad-keynote
First Session:
Saturday, March 15, 1:30-5:00PM EST, register: www.tinyurl.com/grad-day1
Second Session:
Sunday, March 16, 1:00-4:30PM EST, register: www.tinyurl.com/grad-day2
This event will be held online; advance registration is required.
Special Thanks to the Dahesh Museum of Art for the Dahesh Museum of Art Prize for Best Paper(s), a gift from the Mervat Zahid Cultural Foundation
Saturday, March 15, 2025
11:00 am Keynote Lecture, “Picturing the Heavens: Étienne-Leopold Trouvelot’s Astronomical Drawings”
Rachael Z. DeLue, Christopher Binyon Sarofim ’86 Professor in American Art and Director of the Princeton Humanities Initiative, Princeton University
Prof. DeLue will be introduced by Michelle Foa, AHNCA Programs Chair; Q & A to follow
Lunch break
1:30 pm Welcome
Nancy Locke, President, AHNCA
J. David Farmer, Director of Exhibitions, Dahesh Museum of Art
1:40 pm Viktoria Bazyk, University of Vienna
“Hellish Masculinities: Virility, Violence and Eroticism in William Bouguereau’s Dante and Virgil in Hell”
2:00 pm Elizabeth Keto, Yale University
“Life, Death, and Resurrection: Harriet Hosmer and the Anatomy of Neoclassical Sculpture”
2:20 pm Rhea Stark, Columbia University
“The Rise and Reformation of Temple Emanu-El: America’s ‘Cathedral Synagogue’ and the Aesthetic Identifications of Reform Jewry”
2:35–2:50 pm Q & A
2:50–3:05 pm Break
3:05 pm Paula Bruno Garcén, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Geografía
“Cosmopolitan Experiences and Technologies of Light, Space and Movement in Buenos Aires During the 19th Century”
3:25 pm Elizabeth Halide Akant, City University of New York
“Fabricating the Sultan’s Image: The Zonaros and the Politics of Ottoman Belonging, 1892–1909”
3:45–4:00 pm Q & A
4:00–4:10 pm Break
4:10–4:30 pm Response to papers from Prof. DeLue
4:30–5:00 pm General discussion with all speakers and audience
Sunday, March 16, 2025
1:00 pm Welcome
Nancy Locke, President, AHNCA
Stephen Edidin, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Dahesh Museum of Art
1:10 pm Dahi Jung, University of Zurich
“Beyond Canton, Beyond China: Pith Paper Across Cultures”
1:30 pm Taylor Stewart, The University of Chicago
“Constructing Kōgei: Shibata Zeshin’s Trompe L’Oeil Lacquers”
1:45–2:00 pm Q & A
2:00–2:15 pm Break
2:15 pm Sarah Rapoport, Yale University
“‘A pastel by Manet frozen in pietra dura’: Craft Labor and National Identity in James Tissot’s Cloisonné Enamels”
2:35 pm Tyler C. Spencer, The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
“A Second Look at Illustration: Timothy O’Sullivan and American Survey Photography”
2:50–3:05 pm Q & A
3:05–3:20 pm Break
3:20–3:40 pm Response to papers from Prof. DeLue
3:40–4:10 pm General discussion with all speakers and audience
Special Thanks to
Amira Zahid, Trustee, Dahesh Museum of Art
Tannaz Hajimirzaamin, Technical Director
Jury: André Dombrowski, J. David Farmer, Michelle Foa, Nancy Locke, Mary Morton, David O’Brien, James H. Rubin