SIGA briefs
Anthony Meyer appointed Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks
Anthony Meyer has been appointed a Fellow in Pre-Columbian Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection for 2023-24.
Anthony Meyer: Stony Bundles and Precious Wrappings
Anthony Meyer has published the chapter “Stony Bundles and Precious Wrappings: The Making of Patio Crosses in Sixteenth-Century New Spain” as part of the edited volume Conversion Machines in Early Modern Europe: Apparatus, Artifice, Body (June 2023).
Jeremy Roe translates Eduardo Manzano Moreno
Jeremy Roe’s translation of Eduardo Manzano Moreno,The Court of the Caliphate of al-Andalus: Four Years in Umayyad Córdoba, has recently been published by Edinburgh Univeristy Press. Originally published in Spanish, this book draws on a rich range of sources to provide a fascinating social-historical analysis of diverse aspects of Umayyad Córdoba, including art, architecture, and visual and material culture more broadly.
Adam Jasienski: Praying to Portraits
Adam Jasienski has published Praying to Portraits: Audience, Identity, and the Inquisition in the Early Modern Hispanic World with Penn State University Press.
Laura Fernández-González awarded Society of Antiquaries Grant
Laura Fernández-González (University of Lincoln, UK) has been awarded a research grant by the Society of Antiquaries–London for her Emilio Harth-Terré project (1899-1983). Harth-Terré was a prominent Peruvian architect, critic, and art and architectural historian, whose contribution to the development of a Peruvian artistic and architectural identity was monumental in his period. For this pilot project, Laura will explore Harth-Terré’s collection of drawings, plans, photographs, and correspondence kept in the Library at the University of Lima and the Latin American Library at Tulane University.
Carmen Ripollés: Josefa de Óbidos
Carmen Ripollés has published the article “Josefa de Óbidos” in Oxford Bibliographies in Art History.
Open Letter to the HSA
The SIGA Board has been following recent events at the Hispanic Society of America Museum & Library closely. Read our open letter to the leadership of the HSA.
Therese Martin: Medieval Treasuries
Therese Martin has launched a new webpage for her research projects. Entitled Medieval Treasuries: Iberia and Beyond, it includes links to all related publications, many of which are available in open access.