SIGA briefs
Cloe Cavero de Carondelet has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the Boletín del Museo del Prado.
Cloe Cavero de Carondelet has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the Boletín del Museo del Prado.
Escobar Named Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Humanities
Many congratulations to Jesús Escobar, who has been named Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University. Dr. Escobar’s 2022 book, Habsburg Madrid: Architecture and the Spanish Monarchy (Penn State University Press), which won SIGA’s 2023 Eleanor Tufts Award, is currently being translated and will be published by Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica next year.
Benito Navarrete appointed to Advisory Board of Master Drawings
Benito Navarrete has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the journal Master Drawings.
Jesús Escobar appointed Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Jesús Escobar will be a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton for the 2024–25 academic year. There, he will be working on a book project currently titled “Americans Abroad in the Seventeenth Century: People, Buildings, and the Space of Empire.”
Anthony Meyer appointed Austen-Stokes Fellow and Assistant Professor at the IFA
Anthony Meyer was selected as the Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Postdoctoral Fellow for 2024-2025 in the Department of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University. Following this appointment, Meyer will join the faculty of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University as an Assistant Professor beginning September 2025.
Nancy Heller to Present Papers on Flamenco Performance
Nancy G. Heller will present papers on the significance of recent changes in the performance of flamenco dance, and how those changes are reflected in visual art and film, first at the National Institute of Flamenco’s History and and Research Symposium (Albuquerque, New Mexico; October 2024) and then at the world meeting of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (Wellington, NZ; January 2025).
Therese Martin awarded prestigious Margarita Salas Medal
Therese Martin has been awarded a Margarita Salas Medal by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. The medals and a prize of 5000 euros are given for exemplary direction of dissertations and mentoring of emerging scholars. SIGA is thrilled that Dr. Martin’s contributions to the future of Iberian Art History have been recognized as significant by the CSIC. The awards ceremony is available for viewing on the DPE’s YouTube channel.
Shannah Rose named Fellow at American Academy in Rome
Shannah Rose (PhD Candidate, The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University) was awarded the 2024-2025 Samuel H. Kress Foundation/Marian and Andrew Heiskell Rome Prize in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies at the American Academy in Rome.