Rosenblum Lecture Postponed to November 19, 2020!

Silsila Cancellations

We are sorry to inform you that in light of the understandable concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the advice to limit travel, and the precautions taken by the university, it has been necessary to cancel or postpone some of the talks scheduled for Silsila in March. These are:

March 11: Corisande Fenwick, “The Making of Islamic North Africa – Conquest, Conversion and Cultural Change.” CANCELLED

March 25: Mehdi Ghouirgate, “Between Paradise and Hell – Almohad Palatial Architecture.” CANCELLED – we are currently trying to reschedule.

March 31: Sarah Guerin, “Gold Work – Techniques and Exchange across the Sahara.” RESCHEDULED for December 2.

The situation is clearly evolving and there may well be further cancellations. We will make every effort to bring these to your attention as well in advance as possible.

With apologies for the inconvenience,

GREY ART GALLERY EVENTS CANCELLED UNTIL MARCH 27

GREY ART GALLERY EVENTS CANCELLED UNTIL MARCH 27 Due to concerns related to the spread of COVID-19 in the city, NYU is cancelling large gatherings and public events until at least March 27. The following Grey Art Gallery events are therefore cancelled: EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH WITH CONVERSATION  Wednesday, March 11, 6:30 pm, Grey Art Gallery, NYU, 100 Washington Square East, with Ally Mintz, Exhibitions and Publications Manager, Grey Art Gallery, NYU. SYMPOSIUM: TAKING SHAPE: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ARAB ABSTRACTION  Friday, March 13, 1–5 pm, Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center with speakers Iftikhar Dadi, Associate Professor of History of Art and Visual Studies, Cornell University; Hannah Feldman, Associate Professor of Art History, Northwestern University; Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Founder, Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE; Alex Dika Seggerman, Assistant Professor of Islamic Art History, Rutgers University Newark; Nada Shabout, Professor of Art History, University of North Texas; Suheyla Takesh, Curator, Barjeel Art Foundation, and co-curator of the exhibition; and moderators Pepe Karmel, Associate Professor of Art History, NYU, and Sarah-Neel Smith, Assistant Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, Maryland Institute College of Art. LECTURE: MODERNISM IN BEIRUT: THE POLITICS OF POSTWAR ABSTRACTION  Tuesday, March 24, 6:30 pm, Silver Center, Room 300, with Robyn Creswell, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Yale University. LECTURE: TRAUMATIC MODERNISM  Wednesday, March 25, 6:30 pm, 20 Cooper Square, Fifth Floor, with Adam Shatz, writer and contributing editor, London Review of Books. Please note that the gallery is currently open to the public during our usual hours: Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm OPEN LATE Wednesdays: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm Saturdays: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Closed Sundays and Mondays For more information, visit greyartgallery.nyu.edu

Professor John Hopkins elected member of the Institute for Advanced Study.

John Hopkins has been elected as a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study for 2020-2021.  He will spend the year in residence working on his current book projects, The Urban Assemblage of Early Rome.  The project investigates the riotous mixing of ornamentation, architectural design and accumulated paraphernalia that filled the built landscape of the early city.

From the IAS website: “The Institute for Advanced Study is one of the world’s leading centers for curiosity-driven basic research. Since 1930, it has served as a model for protecting and promoting independent inquiry, prompting the establishment of similar institutes around the world, and underscoring the importance of academic freedom worldwide.

The Institute’s mission and culture have produced an exceptional record of achievement. Among its present and past Faculty and Members are 34 Nobel Laureates, 42 of the 60 Fields Medalists, and 18 of the 20 Abel Prize Laureates, as well as many MacArthur Fellows and Wolf Prize winners. Past Faculty have included Albert Einstein, one of its first Professors who remained at the Institute until his death in 1955, and distinguished scientists and scholars such as Kurt Gödel, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Erwin Panofsky, Hetty Goldman, Homer A. Thompson, John von Neumann, George Kennan, Hermann Weyl, and Clifford Geertz.”

More information can be found here.

Rosenblum Lecture: Esther Da Costa Meyer, 3/26/20

Professor Kathryn A. Smith elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Professor Kathryn A. Smith has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.  

 

Founded in 1868, the Society “has become the foremost society in the UK” dedicated to “advancing the scholarly study of the past.”  As its website notes, the Society “represents history as a discipline and historians as a group.” It promotes the study and teaching of history in universities and schools and supports historical scholarship through a variety of events, grant opportunities, and other initiatives. 

 

Professor Smith is also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (elected in 2015).