Events

Becoming Actaeon: Titian and the Conceptual Gaze in Diego Velázquez’s Las Hilanderas
Past event
Isabelle Kent (PhD candidate, University of Cambridge) presents new research on Velázquez in this hybrid lecture.

The Prado at Princeton
Past event
This lunch talk features four scholars who will present their research in connection with the current exhibition The Lost Mirror: Jews and Conversos in Medieval Spain at the Prado Museum.

Goya: The Grotesque and Collecting
Past event
This international seminar examines Goya’s work, focusing on grotesque themes and collecting, shedding new light on his art and its reception.

The Scales of European Painting
Past event
This series of lectures is given by Alexander Nagel (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University), the 2023 holder of the Prado Museum Chair.

Cultural exchanges between the courts of the Iberian Peninsula and the Habsburg Netherlands (15th-16th centuries)
Past event
This hybrid conference at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos focuses on Habsburg court culture between Iberia and the Netherlands in the early modern period.

Cherishing Children: Childhood and the Noble Family in Early Modern Spain
Past event
In this virtual lecture, Grace E. Coolidge (Grand Valley State University) discusses images of the children of the early modern Spanish elite.

Architecture and Experience in the Seventeenth-Century Spanish World
Past event
In this lecture at The Clark Art Institute, Jesús Escobar (Northwestern University; Center for Spain in America Fellow) examines the architectural experiences of two accomplished Dominican priests whose experiences traveling the Spanish world illuminate our understanding of early modern people on the move and moving through buildings.

America in the Center: The Circulation of Images in the Iberian World
Past event
This five-day major international seminar addresses the circulation of images in the early modern Iberian world, with a focus on re-centering America and prioritizing non-canonical objects.