Friday, October 9, 2020
For fifty years, the Smithsonian American Art Museum has fostered new scholarship through its preeminent fellowship program, the oldest and largest in the world for the study of American art. This virtual symposium features discussions about the impact of SAAM’s program on American art history and examines future directions in scholarship through presentations by distinguished alumni and a series of PechaKucha-style fast-paced talks.
Webinar Schedule
Session I: Introduction and Historical Overview
1:00–2:00 p.m.
Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director, SAAM
Welcome
Wanda M. Corn, Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor Emerita, Stanford University (Classes of ’79 and ’87)
Introduction
Amelia Goerlitz, chair of academic programs and acting co-chief of the Research and Scholars Center, SAAM
Historical Overview
Awarding of the Robert Mills Medal to Lois M. Fink, former curator of research, SAAM
Session II: A Half Century of Impact
2:15–3:30 p.m.
Charles C. Eldredge, Hall Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Kansas (Class of ’79)
Scholarship in the Museum
Caroline Riley, Judith B. and Burton P. Resnick Postdoctoral Fellow, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Class of ’20)
Setting the Table: A Statistical Overview
Dimitrios Latsis, assistant professor, Ryerson University (Class of ’14)
Media Currents: Moving Image Scholarship
Kirsten Buick, professor, University of New Mexico (Class of ’95)
American-isms: Revisiting the Survey of U.S. Art
Session III: New Directions (PechaKucha-style fast-paced talks)
3:45–5:30 p.m.
E. Carmen Ramos, acting chief curator and curator of Latinx art, SAAM
Introduction
Layla Bermeo, Kristin and Roger Servison Associate Curator of Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Class of ’16)
Expanding Narratives through Curatorial Practice
Tatsiana Zhurauliova, Terra Foundation Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Université Paris Nanterre and Université Paris Diderot (Class of ’12)
Crossing Borders: American Art History as an International Practice
Kirsten Swenson, associate professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell (Class of ’05)
Ecocritical Art History and Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Sascha Scott, associate professor, Syracuse University (Class of ’07)
Decolonizing U.S. Art History
Michelle Joan Wilkinson, curator of architecture and design, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (Class of ’03)
I See Black People: Race and Representation in Architectural Illustrations
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Optional Zoom reunions of fellowship cohorts led by class captains.