Twenty-Second Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Nineteenth-Century Art: First Session

Co-sponsored by the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art (AHNCA) and the Dahesh Museum of Art. 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.

This event will be held online; advance registration is required: www.tinyurl.com/grad-day1

First Session: Saturday, March 15, 2025

1:30 pm Welcome

Nancy Locke, President, AHNCA

J. David Farmer, Director of Exhibitions, Dahesh Museum of Art

1:40 pm Viktoriia 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

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