Symposium Schedule
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10:00–10:15 Welcome and Introduction
Wendy Bellion, Director, Center for Material Culture Studies, University of Delaware & Sewell C. Biggs Chair in American Art History
Thomas Busciglio-Ritter, PhD Candidate, Department of Art History
Katheryn Lawson, PhD Candidate, Department of History
10:15–11:30 Panel 1: Performance
Alexander Clayton, University of Michigan, Wisdom Grunts at Charing Cross:” Performing Animal Intelligence in London, 1750-1850
Rebecca R. Olsen, University of Delaware, Flesh, Fiber, and Feminine Materiality in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford
Daniel J. Bowman, University of Sheffield, For the Humane Treatment of Automobiles: Loving Machines in Early U.S. Road Narratives
Moderators: Thomas Busciglio-Ritter, PhD Candidate, Department of Art History & Samantha Nystrom, PhD Candidate, Department of English
11:30–11:45 Break
11:45–1:00 Panel 2: Afterlives
Corey Ratch, Columbia University, The Recursive Rendering of Interwar Abattoir Photography
Alex Zivkovic, Columbia University, Two Lost Parrots: Taxidermy Art and Embodied Engagement
Ramey Mize, University of Pennsylvania, From Buffalo Hide to Paper: The Contested Ground of Pté Oyáte and Plains Painting
Moderators: Nora Carlson, PhD Candidate, American Civilization & Katheryn Lawson, PhD Candidate, Department of History
During this time, participants are invited to view related Winterthur objects and/or take a screen break.
2:30–3:30 Keynote Address
Giovanni Aloi, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art History, Theory and Criticism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Speculative Taxidermy: Indexicality, Vulnerability, and Representation
Moderators: Thomas Busciglio-Ritter, PhD Candidate, Department of Art History & Michael Hartman, PhD Candidate, Department of of Art History
3:30–3:45 Break
3:45–5:00 Panel 3: Circulations
Sarah Mead Leonard, Independent Scholar, Imperial Iridescence: Beetle Wings in Victorian Dress
Marina Wells, Boston University, The Gender of Bones
Laurel Waycott, University of California, San Francisco, Lustrous Shells and Rotting Bodies: The Material Duality of the Chambered Nautilus
Moderators: Bethany McGlyn, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, Class of 2020 & Samantha Nystrom, PhD Candidate, Department of English
5:00–5:30 Concluding Remarks
