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.
