SIGA briefs
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.
María Lumbreras awarded Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship
María Lumbreras has been awarded a 2023 Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Art to support work on her book manuscript The Facture of Evidence: Replication and the Past in Early Modern Iberia.
Olga Bush appointed Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks
Olga Bush (Vassar College) was appointed a Fellow in Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks for the 2023-2024 academic year to support research on her project titled “Extraction and Construction: The Ecology and Landscape Architecture of Madīnat al-Zahrā’ (Córdoba) in the Pan-Mediterranean Medieval Context” that forms a part of her monograph in progress at the intersection of environmental studies and medieval Muslim visual culture.
Annemarie Jordan Gschwend granted Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Lisbon
Annemarie Jordan Gschwend has been granted a Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Lisbon for her work, publications, and research in promoting Portuguese art, culture, and history for 40 years.
Edward J. Sullivan honored at CAA's Distinguished Scholar Session
Edward J. Sullivan was chosen as the focus of this year’s Distinguished Scholar Session at the 111th CAA Annual Conference for his transformative work in the field of art history, especially in relation to the study and elevation of Latin American and Caribbean, Latina/o/x art and artists, and for the advancement of women and the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities in these regions.
Amanda Dotseth named Director of the Meadows Museum
SMU has named Amanda W. Dotseth Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum. Dotseth, who will be the first female director of the Meadows Museum, served as the director ad interim and curator of the Museum since the passing of its previous director, Mark A. Roglán, in 2021. Dotseth assumes the role March 1, 2023.
Luis Javier Cuesta appointed Council Member for SCSC
Luis Javier Cuesta has been appointed as a Council Member for the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, class of 2025