Graduate Students

Walsh

Sun, 2019-08-11 22:43 -- Jieru

Meaghan M. Walsh is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Art at the University of Virginia, specializing in early twentieth-century American art and visual culture. Her research examines the intersections of race, identity, and humor in turn-of-the-twentieth century American painting and illustration.

Van Nest

Sun, 2019-08-11 22:41 -- Jieru

Lauren Van Nest studies the art and architecture of medieval Europe with a particular focus on the rituals and material culture of the Latin Church. Her dissertation, titled “Sacral Performance & Extended Royal Bodies in Ottonian Bamberg: The Case of Henry II & Kunigunde (1002–1024),” examines the relationships crafted between objects of imperial patronage in the Ottonian Empire, their ritual environments, and the bodies of their patrons. Her research considers the role objects play in the formation of political identities and notions of empire. 

Parnell Jr

Sun, 2019-08-11 22:29 -- Jieru

Kelvin is a current doctoral candidate specializing in race, identity, and materiality in nineteenth and twentieth-century American art, Modern sculpture and sculptural theory, and eighteenth and nineteenth-century trans-Atlantic visual culture under the direction of Dr. Carmenita Higginbotham. He graduated cum laude from Duquesne University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in history and art history and received the Giorgio Vasari Award for Excellence in Art History. He completed his senior thesis on David Gilmour Blythe’s paintings of president Abraham Lincoln.

Neumann

Sun, 2019-08-11 22:25 -- Jieru

Eleanore is a doctoral candidate in art and architectural history in the Department of Art at the University of Virginia. Under the direction of Professor Douglas Fordham, she is studying eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British art and visual culture. Her dissertation, The Global Landscapes of Maria Graham (1785-1842), examines the career of the British artist, travel writer, and naturalist Maria Graham and its implications for our understanding of women artists, British landscape, and empire.

Razumoff

Sun, 2019-08-11 22:16 -- Jieru

James Razumoff (he/they) is a PhD Candidate in Program for Mediterranean Art and Archaeology studying under Dr. Fotini Kondyli. James’ research focuses on urban life of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire, with a specific interest in human-environment relations and non-elite political agencies. 

Dove

Sun, 2019-08-11 21:24 -- Jieru

Emma Dove (she/her) is a doctoral candidate in Art History at the University of Virginia advised by Dr. Eric Ramírez-Weaver. Her dissertation, “Distributed Gender in Franco-Flemish Books of Hours: Conception, Compassion, and Cultivating the Pious Family,” brings together her interests in late-medieval prayer books, gender, spirituality, material culture, and the digital humanities.

Bradford

Sun, 2019-08-11 20:58 -- Jieru

Abigail Bradford is a PhD candidate in the Program in Mediterranean Art and Archaeology studying under Dr. Tyler Jo Smith. Her research focuses on the visual representation of an ancient Greek musical genre called "New Music" in fifth-century BCE Athenian vase painting, drawing connections between the introduction of democracy in Athens and the development of the new musical genre.

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