55th Annual Sessions of the Middle Atlantic Symposium
55th Annual Sessions of the Middle Atlantic Symposium
On Saturday, March 7th, graduate students will deliver their papers during morning and afternoon sessions at the National Gallery of Art, where the symposium will close with a reception in the West Building Lecture Lobby.
10:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Morning Session
West Building Lecture Hall
Welcome by Peter Lukehart, The Center
Moderated by Tess Korobkin, University of Maryland
Chase Helein, American University
"Cupid’s Palace: Giulio Romano's Sala di Psiche Frescoes and the Palazzo Te as Courtly Sensorium"
Introduced by Kim Butler Wingfield
Flavia Barbarini, Temple University
"The Primacy of Disegno and the Commodification of Drawings in 16th-Century Italy"
Introduced by Tracy Cooper
Ryan Foley, George Washington University
"Longing for the Ghulāmān-e Farangī: European Youths in 17th-Century Safavid Painting"
Introduced by Mika Natif
Zoe Copeman, University of Maryland
"Mis-Understanding the Anatomy of the Part: How One Image Rewrote the Mastectomy Procedure"
Introduced by Anthony Colantuono
12:30–2:00 p.m. Break
2:00–4:00 p.m. Afternoon Session
West Building Lecture Hall
Welcome and moderated by Kaira M. Cabañas, The Center
Christine Kim Korkmaz, Johns Hopkins University
"A Victory in Silver: Architectural Representation and Imperial Symbolism under Abdülhamid II (r. 1876–1909)"
Introduced by Ünver Rüstem
Weixin Zhou, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Rebuilding the City, Building Alternatives: Ideals, Tensions, and Politics in André Lurçat’s Reconstruction of Maubeuge"
Introduced by Eduardo de Jesús Douglas
Elnaz Latifpour, University of Virginia
"Exceptions and Expectations: Pictorial Carpets and the Question of Authenticity in Southern Iranian Weaving"
Introduced by Amanda Phillips
Emily Shoyer, Bryn Mawr College
"Isabel Katjaviv's They Tried to Bury Us (2018) and the Environmental Impacts of German Colonialism in Namibia"
Introduced Lisa Saltzman
4:00 p.m. Group photo (all participants)
West Building Lecture Hall
4:00–5:00 p.m. Tea Reception
West Building Lecture Hall Lobby