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Emma P. Holter (PhD candidate) and Dr. Noah Randolph (’26) presented at the annual Association for Art History conference in Cambridge, UK

Published by Jane Evans on April 13, 2026

Emma presented the paper “Isabella Piccini: A Nun-Printmaker in 17th-Century Venice” in the panel titled ‘Women in Print before 1800.’ This paper stemmed from Emma’s Research Fellowship with Save Venice Inc. where she supported the Women Artists of Venice initiative, which seeks to recover the history of female artists in early modern Venice and the Veneto. Noah presented the paper “Claiming Independence/Claiming Columbus” in the session titled ‘Unstable Monuments: Nation, States, Spaces, and Conflicts in Public Sculpture 1811-1947.’ His paper stemmed from his Ph.D. dissertation, which he defended the week prior.

Molly Mapstone’s (PhD candidate) paper recognized

Published by Jane Evans on March 25, 2026

Molly’s paper was awarded the runner-up prize for the best paper on American history at the 31st Annual James A. Barnes Graduate History Conference at Temple University, one of the largest and longest running graduate student conferences in the region, drawing participants from across the nation and around the world.

Brittany Rubin (PhD candidate) to present at CHAT

Published by Jane Evans on March 23, 2026

Brittany’s talk, “Reconstructing Seventeenth-Century Artist Networks Using Dutch Blue Paper,” comes from her research on her dissertation, and was developed with a mini-grant from the Office of the Vice-Provost for Research. Brittany will be presenting between 12″05 and 12:45 on April 10.

Marion Berthoud (PhD candidate) presents and is co-chair at College Art Association 2026

Published by Jane Evans on March 6, 2026
Marion standing with her other presenters and the discussant of the session, Gennifer S. Weisenfeld from Duke, at left

Marion was co-chair of the panel “Havoc and Rebirth: Comparative Perspectives on Art and Earthquake”, where she presented the paper “Plaza and Church: Earthquake Baroque and the Philippines after 1645”. The panel covered artistic and architectural responses to earthquakes in the ancient, early modern, and modern world, from Pompeii to San Francisco.

Emma Holter (Ph.D. candidate) presentation at the annual Renaissance Society of America conference

Published by Jane Evans on March 5, 2026

Emma Holter (Ph.D. candidate) recently presented at the annual Renaissance Society of America conference in San Francisco. Her paper was titled “Isabella Piccini (1644-1734): A Cloistered Female Printmaker” and highlighted the work of an understudied nun-printmaker in seventeenth-century Venice. This paper stemmed from Emma’s Research Fellowship with Save Venice Inc. where she supported the Women Artists of Venice initiative, which seeks to recover the history of female artists in early modern Venice and the Veneto. She presented her research in a panel sponsored by Save Venice, alongside Temple professor Dr. Tracy Cooper, and their respondent was Dr. Peter Lukehart, Temple alumnus and Associate Dean of CASVA. Emma will be presenting a version of her paper on Isabella Piccini at the upcoming Association for Art History conference in Cambridge, UK.

Link to Jessica Braum’s (PhD candidate) workshop at CAA

Published by Jane Evans on March 5, 2026

Jessica let us know about a recent blog post about a workshop Meghan Kelly and she co-led at CAA: Grids Across Borders: Art, Craft, and the Global Context. The workshop extended, in part, from a section of her dissertation research, particularly her interest in reframing the grid not only as a formal device but as a cross-cultural and methodological framework. She tells us “It was rewarding to see those ideas translated into a collaborative, hands-on pedagogical setting.”

The blog is linked here: https://jeffersonaspire.com/grids-across-borders-workshop-at-caa-2026/