Twenty-Second Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Nineteenth-Century Art: Second 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-day2

Second Session: 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