TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ART
Saturday, March 14, 2026, 11AM to 4PM EST
Co-sponsored by the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art (AHNCA) and the Dahesh Museum of Art
This event will be held online. Advance registration is required.
Special thanks to the Dahesh Museum of Art for the Dahesh Museum of Art Prize
for the Best Paper(s),
a gift from the Mervat Zahid Cultural Foundation
Register here: tinyurl.com/AHNCAgrad-symposium
Distinguished Respondent: S. Hollis Clayson
Keynote Lecture: Amy F. Ogata
11:00am: Welcome on behalf of AHNCA and the Dahesh Museum of Art
11:10–11:25am: Nathanaël Lapierre, PhD student, Northwestern University
“It must be marble”: Marble, Bronze, and Race in Nineteenth-Century Martinique”
11:30–11:45am: Taylor Van Doorne, PhD Candidate, University of California, Santa Barbara
“Historicism, Temporality, & Ephemeral Architecture in Restoration France”
11:45–noon: Q&A with S. Hollis Clayson and audience
12–12:45pm: Lunch Break
12:45–1pm: Tai Mitsuji, PhD candidate, Harvard University
“Building a Barricade: Manet, Tracing, and the Structures of Political Repetition”
1:05–1:20pm: Nina Reid, PhD candidate, Radboud University in Nijmegen
“An Englishman in New York. Francis Seymour Haden’s Lectures on Etching in America”
1:25–1:40pm: Q&A with S. Hollis Clayson and audience
1:40–1:50pm: Break
1:50–2:05pm: Isabelle Sagraves, PhD Candidate, University College London
“‘Baptême japonais’: Transformation and the Self in Félix Buhot’s Japonisme Etchings”
2:10–2:25pm: Haley Pierce, PhD Candidate, Emory University
“Reevaluating Bonnard through Degas: The Early Bathers”
2:25–2:40pm: Q&A with S. Hollis Clayson and audience
2:40–2:50pm: Break
2:55–3:35pm: Lecture by Professor Amy Ogata
3:35–3:45pm: Q&A with Amy Ogata and audience
3:50pm: Closing remarks by Nancy Locke and Michelle Foa
Conclusion of Symposium