SIGA briefs
Cloe Cavero de Carondelet named Lecturer and Fellow
Cloe Cavero de Carondelet has been appointed Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University and a 2024-2025 Fellow at the Center for Research on Global Catholicism (SLU).
Jesús Escobar named Center for Spain in America Fellow
Jesús Escobar is the Center for Spain in America Fellow at The Clark Art Institute for Fall 2023. His research will be focused on “Architecture and Experience in the Seventeenth-Century World.”
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.
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.
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.
Stella Nair awarded National Humanities Center Fellowship
Stella Nair (UCLA) has been appointed a fellow of the National Humanities Center for 2023–24.
Olga Bush delivers Madīnat al-Zahrā lecture
Olga Bush (Vassar College) has delivered a lecture, titled, “Madīnat al-Zahrā’: The Ecology and Landscape Architecture of the caliphal city,” in the Department of Art at Columbia University.
Angel Jiang curates Tradition and Transformation exhibition
Angel Jiang, Curator of Collections & Study Room Initiatives at the University of New Mexico Art Museum, has curated Tradition and Transformation: Colonial New Spain and Contemporary Hispanic America at the UNM Art Museum (March 30-September 30). This permanent collection exhibition features historic colonial Spanish paintings, retablos, and bultos alongside prints and photographs by contemporary Hispanic artists who preserve and transform this tradition in modern mediums.