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October 11-12, 2018
GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP AND SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, October 11: Graduate Student Dissertation Workshop (first day)
Old College Hall, Room 211, University of Delaware, 8:30am-5:30pm (For invited participants only)
Friday, October 12: Graduate Student Dissertation Symposium (second day)
Winterthur, Rotunda, 8:30am-2:00pm (Open to the public)
For a full schedule events, see Graduate Student Symposium
October 12-14, 2018
SYMPOSIUM: IN SEARCH OF THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF ASIAN AESTHETICS ON AMERICAN ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library (Open to the public, registration required)
Friday, October 12, 2018
Winterthur, Rotunda, 3:30pm-5:00pm (Open to the public)
3:30-5:00: Opening Roundtable Discussion
J. Ritchie Garrison, Professor of History and Director of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, University of Delaware
Michael Leja, James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professor of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania
Partha Mitter, Emeritus Professor in Art History, University of Sussex
Alexandra Munroe, Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art and Senior Advisor of Global Arts, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderator: Vimalin Rujivacharakul, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Delaware, and Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, 2018-2021
Saturday, October 13
Winterthur, Copeland Hall, 8:30am-5:00pm (Open to the public)
Each team consists of two presenters who have been working together on a project that examines Asian and American art and material culture.
8:30-9:00: Onsite registration and check-in
9:00-9:20: Welcome and introductory remarks
Contents
9:20-10:20: Team Translation
Lee S. Glazer, Director of the Lunder Institute for American Art, Colby College
Stacey Pierson, Senior Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Moderator: Michael Leja, James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professor of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania
10:25-11:25: Team Fusion
Forrest McGill, Wattis Senior Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art and Director of the Research Institute for Asian Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Medill Higgins Harvey, Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts and Manager of the Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Moderator: Stephanie Delamaire, Associate Curator of Fine Art, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
11:30-12:30: Team Eco-Aesthetics
Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Charles F. Montgomery Professor of American Decorative Arts, Yale University
Dorothy Y. Ko, Department Chair and Professor of History, Barnard College
Moderator: J. Ritchie Garrison, Professor of History and Director of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, University of Delaware
12:30-1:30: Lunch (on your own)
1:35-2:35: Team Shiny
Karina H. Corrigan, H. A. Crosby Forbes Curator of Asian Export Art, Peabody Essex Museum
Femke Diercks, Head of Decorative Arts, Rijksmuseum
Moderator: Rudi Matthee, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History, University of Delaware
2:40-3:40: Team Flow
Jens Baumgarten, Professor of Art History, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Dennis Carr, Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Moderator: Mónica Domínguez Torres, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Delaware
3:45-4:45: Team Cloth
Giorgio Riello, Professor of Global History and Culture, University of Warwick
Linda S. Eaton, John L. & Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Moderator: Rudi Matthee, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History, University of Delaware
4:45-5:00: Concluding remarks
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Winterthur, Copeland Hall, 8:45am-5:00pm (Open to the public)
9:00-9:20: Preliminary remarks
9:20-10:20: Team Taste
Gregory J. Landrey, Director of Academic Affairs, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Liu Chang, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, and Director of the CRAFT Educational Program, Palace Museum
Moderator: Vimalin Rujivacharakul, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Delaware, and Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, 2018-2021
10:25-11:25: Team Dislocation
Darielle Mason, Stella Kramrisch Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Asma Naeem, Chief Curator, Baltimore Museum of Art
Moderator: Jessica L. Horton, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Delaware
11:30-12:30: Team Screen
Catharine Dann Roeber, Brock W. Jobe Assistant Professor of Decorative Arts and Material Culture, Executive Editor of Winterthur Portfolio, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Marco Musillo, Research Associate, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut
Moderator: Wendy Bellion, Professor and Sewell C. Biggs Chair in American Art History, University of Delaware
12:30-2:00: Lunch (on your own)
2:00-4:00: Concluding Roundtable Discussion
J. Ritchie Garrison, Professor of History and Director of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, University of Delaware
Michael Leja, James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professor of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania
Partha Mitter, Emeritus Professor in Art History, University of Sussex
Alexandra Munroe, Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art and Senior Advisor of Global Arts, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderator: Vimalin Rujivacharakul, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Delaware, and Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, 2018-2021
4:00-4:10: Concluding remarks
