Friday, February 23
11:30-1:00: Student-led tour of objects at the Saint Louis Art Museum that align with our theme of “Contact.” Our keynote speaker, Dr. Elena Fitzpatrick Sifford will also be in attendance.
1:00-2:00: Lunch at the museum café (bring your own or buy lunch there).
2:00-4:00: Optional visit to the exhibition Moving Stories at The Luminary, curated by Jay Buchanan and Dr. Ila Sheren; otherwise, free time at the museum or for other activities. Rides will be provided to The Luminary and back to campus.
4:00-5:00: Transit time back to campus and to Holmes Lounge.
5:00-6:00: Symposium Opening and Keynote, Holmes Lounge.
- Welcome from Katie DiDomenico and Hoyon Mephokee, PhD Students and Symposium Co-chairs.
- Keynote Presentation, Dr. Elena FitzPatrick Sifford, Associate Professor of Art History and Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Muhlenberg College.
6:00-7:30: Reception and Dance Performance, Holmes Lounge.
- Light reception with charcuterie, desserts, beer, and wine.
- Dance performance by Tess Angelica Losada Miner and Lourdes del Mar Santiago Lebrón, MFA Students in Dance at Washington University in St. Louis.
7:30-9:30: Dinner with keynote for committee members, prospective students, and several professors.
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Saturday, February 24
Student presentations will take place in Hillman 60. Breakfast and lunch will be available in the classrooms adjacent to Hillman 60 for the keynote, committee members, and student presenters.
8:00-8:45: Coffee, tea, and breakfast items available for the keynote, committee members, and student presenters.
8:45-8:50: Welcome (Katie DiDomenico and Hoyon Mephokee).
8:50-9:00: Introductory remarks, Dr. William Wallace, Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History and Chair of the Department of Art History and Archaeology.
9:00-10:30: Panel 1—Networks of Exchange as Modes of Contact (Panel Chair Jessica Baran, jabaran@wustl.edu)
- Mew Lingjun Jiang, PhD Student, Art History, University of Oregon: “Sacralizing the Playful Secular: The Deity of Karuta-Gambling at a Bodhisattva Kannon Hall in Sannohe, Aomori”
- Grace Ray, MA Student, Art History, Lindenwood University: “A Ball Game in Paradise: Reconsidering Teotihuacan Fertility Imagery in the Tepantitla Mural”
- Alexandra Schoolman, PhD Student, Art History, Temple University: “Mail Art in Latin America: Tactical and Tactile”
10:30-11:00: Break. Coffee, tea, and snacks available.
11:00-12:30: Panel 2—Museums and Exhibitions as Sites of Contact (Panel Chair: June Scalia, jscalia@wustl.edu)
- Nicole Kitsberg, MA Student, Art History, Institute of Fine Arts at New York University: “‘We are their eyes that remember. We are their voice that cries out.’ Layers of witnessing and corporeal copresence in Holocaust museums in the post-survivor age”
- Cléa Massiani, PhD Student, Art History, University of Maryland: “Don’t Touch the Art: Exploring the museum tour experience through a disability lens”
- Annabelle Renshaw, MA Student, Art History, American University: “On the Road with The Dyke Show”
12:30-1:15: Lunch break. Boxed lunches available for the keynote, committee members, and student presenters.
1:15-1:30: Transit time to Kemper for those going on the optional tour
1:30-2:30: Optional tour of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum’s Body in Pieces exhibition led by Dana Ostrander, Assistant Curator of Modern Art
2:30-3:00: Break and transit time back to the symposium space. Coffee, tea, and snacks available.
3:00-4:30: Panel 3—Haptic Encounters as Means of Contact (Panel Chair: Brooke Eastman, b.h.eastman@wustl.edu)
- Mekayla May, PhD Student, Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland: “Igniting Enthusiasm for Roman Spectacle: Studying the Haptics of Roman Oil Terracotta Lamps”
- Lauren Whitaker, MA Student, Art History, University of South Florida: “Re-Framing Boundaries: A Qajar Depiction of an Acrobat Woman”
- Colton Klein, PhD Student, Art History, Yale University: “Material Reconstruction: Ecologies of Metal in a Photograph of Disabled Union Veterans”
4:30-4:40: Closing remarks, Dr. Ila Sheren, Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology
4:40-4:45: Thank-you and conclusion (Katie DiDomenico and Hoyon Mephokee)