Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I am thrilled to announce the sixth annual SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium, which will take place this Thursday through Sunday (April 11th to 14th). This virtual event will feature presentations by 155 student-scholars representing colleges and universities across the globe, making our event the largest of its kind in the world. Our students select each year’s papers from hundreds of abstract submissions through a blind-review process, and they will also serve as the moderators for the twenty-two sessions of talks. Four SUNY New Paltz students speak at this year’s event: Amy Avolio, Jazmyne Daily-Simpson, John Saglibene, and Ella Westöö.
The Department of Art History and the Art History Association invite you to see the full schedule and register for any sessions that pique your interest through the event’s website athttps://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/2024arthistorystudentsymposium/ Under the “Schedule” tab, please click on each day to see a full listing along with the button in the left margin to register for each session.
We especially encourage you to join us for our keynote speaker this year at 7 PM on Thursday, April 11th. We are honored to hear from one of the leading names in the field of cultural heritage preservation, Corine Wegener, who is the directorof the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, an outreach program dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage in crisis situations in the U.S. and abroad. Ms. Wegener has more than 20 years of experience as an art historian, curator, and emergency responder for cultural heritage in crisis. On behalf of the Smithsonian, Wegener serves as co-chair of the U.S. Heritage Emergency National Task Force and on the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee at the U.S. Department of State. During her 20-year U.S. Army Reserve career, Ms. Wegener has served in many positions, including as a Civil Affairs Arts, Monuments, and Archives Officer in Baghdad, Iraq. As founding past president of the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield, Wegener helped lead the successful campaign for the 2009 U.S. ratification of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Her research interests now include the protection of cultural heritage in armed conflict, forensic documentation of cultural heritage damage, and improving integration of cultural heritage into international disaster risk management frameworks.
Attached is a flyer for you to share with students and other members of our greater New Paltz community whom you feel would be interested. Live transcription (captions) will be enabled for accessibility, but please feel free to contact me atheuerk@newpaltz.eduor (845) 257-3829, should you need additional assistance to enjoy this event with us!
With every good wish,
Keely
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