Fellows’ Presentations
During their residencies, fellows are invited to present talks on their research. These in-depth presentations are followed by discussions with the Center community and attendees.
Colloquia, presented by Center professors and senior fellows, occur throughout the academic year and are open to the public and held in the West Building Lecture Hall.
September 26, 2024
Mary Beard, University of Cambridge (emerita)
Kress-Beinecke Professor
The Trouble with Museums
*Held in the East Building Auditorium
October 31, 2024
Paul Niell, Florida State University
Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellow
Thatched Dwellings, Urban Lives: The Bohio and the City in the Late Spanish Colonial Caribbean
November 21, 2024
Amara Solari, Pennsylvania State University
Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellow
Missions Impossible: The Art of Franciscan Failure and Puebloan Perseverance in Nuevo México
January 23, 2025
Michele Greet, George Mason University
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellow
Abstraction in the Andes, 1950–1970
March 27, 2025
Chang Tan, Pennsylvania State University
William C. Seitz Senior Fellow
Network Moderns: Vernacular Photography and Image-Making in Global Chinas
April 17, 2025
Jason Hill, University of Delaware
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellow
Police Media and Documentary Photography in 20th-Century America
May 1, 2025
Abbey Stockstill, Southern Methodist University
Paul Mellon Senior Fellow
Color through the Seven Spheres: Materiality and Vision in Medieval Islamic Architecture
Fellows’ research project titles are listed and presentation titles may vary.
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