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麻豆视频 Art Historians make impressive showing at the 2016 annual CAA conference in Washington, D.C.

March 8, 2016
2016 annual CAA conference in Washington, D.C.

It was a banner year for 麻豆视频 at the 104th College Art Association (CAA) annual conference, which was held  February 3-6 in Washington, D.C. More than 30 alumnae/i , both undergraduate and graduate, joined with current and emerita faculty at a lively reunion lunch and 麻豆视频 was actively represented throughout the proceedings of the conference.

Among those 麻豆视频 alums giving papers and chairing sessions were Angelina Lucento (A.B. 鈥05), now at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, who presented in the session 鈥淎esthetics and Art Theory in the Socialist Context,鈥 and Mireille M. Lee (Ph.D. Archaeology 鈥99), now at Vanderbilt University, who presented a paper on mirrors as instruments of sexual and social transformation in the session 鈥淭he Ancient Art of Transformation.鈥 Leslie Topp (Ph.D. 鈥98), now at Birkbeck College, University of London, presented her work on the Hapsburg asylum in the session, 鈥淢odernism and Medicine,鈥 while Sabrina deTurk (Ph.D. 鈥98), now at Zayed University in the UAE, presented a paper in the session, 鈥淐losing in on 鈥淭he Wall鈥: The Vietnam Veteran鈥檚 Memorial at Thirty-Five.鈥 Jennifer Griffiths (Ph.D. 鈥12), a member of the International Committee, presented in the session, 鈥淓xile.鈥 Lesley Shipley (Ph.D. 鈥11), now teaching at Kutztown University, gave a paper on the artist Doris Salcedo in the session 鈥淪urface and Significance,鈥 chaired by Lisa Lee (A.B. 鈥00), now an assistant professor at Emory University. Jennie Hirsh (Ph.D. 鈥03), now at the Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art (MICA), presented a paper on Dario Robleto鈥檚 work in the session, 鈥淪pool to Spool: Audio Tape as Historical Evidence.鈥 Marie Gasper-Hulvat (Ph.D. 鈥12), now at Kent State, participated in the session, 鈥淩e-examining the Art History Survey: What Do We Retain, What Do We Transform?鈥 Allison Levy (Ph.D. 鈥00), founding editor of the Ashgate series on Early Modern Women, participated in the panel 鈥淗ow to Get Published, How to Get Read.鈥

Among the 麻豆视频 faculty presenting were Roberta Ricci, who presented her work on Poggio Bracciolini in the session 鈥淔orming Letters: New Research in Renaissance Calligraphy and Epigraphy鈥 and Alicia Walker, who participated in the forum discussion, 鈥淩ethinking Online Pedagogy for Art History.鈥 Both Homay King and Lisa Saltzman had new books featured, on the Duke and Chicago book stands respectively, in this year鈥檚 book fair.

The world鈥檚 largest forum for the visual arts and best-attended international conference in the field, CAA brings together artists, art historians, curators, critics and arts administrators and educators for four days of programming and events dedicated to disseminating new scholarship and publications, facilitating networking and job placement, and celebrating the accomplishment of some of the most distinguished scholars and practitioners in the field.