The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host a group of 50 fellows, who consist of graduate students and scholars from the United States and around the world. The fellows will undertake study and research projects, either at the Metropolitan Museum or abroad, for periods ranging from two months to one year, most of them beginning in September 2008.
Among the 2008–2009 fellowship recipients are scholars affiliated with such American institutions as Columbia University, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, and New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. Recipients from foreign museums and universities include scholars from the University of Pisa, the Seoul National University of South Korea, the University of Utrecht, the Courtauld Institute of Art, and the National Museum of Belgrade, Serbia.
Areas of study and research include: the role of landscape in the pictorial media of Egypt and Mesopotamia; the calligraphic and painting society of the Late Ming Dynasty; the role of music and musical theater in the paintings of Watteau; gold boxes in the Museum's collection; topics and techniques in textile conservation; and anoxic enclosures for the preservation of photographic objects.
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellowship Program is one of the largest and most distinguished of its kind. The program is dedicated to supporting the continued scholarly investigation and research into the Metropolitan's encyclopedic collections and furthering the fields of art history, art conservation, and scientific research. First established in 1951, the program was formalized in 1974 with the formation of a Grants Committee, which oversees the selection process of fellows and is involved in all major decisions related to fellowships.
Fellows come from around the world and range in their levels of expertise from those just beginning doctoral research work or conservation training to those who are already established senior scholars and museum curators, conservators, or scientific researchers with extensive publication records. Fellowship terms may be as short as two months (for senior scholars) and as long as one year, depending on the needs of the fellow and the specific project.
Fellows are fully incorporated into the everyday life of the Museum, with its exceptional collections and library resources. The Metropolitan's knowledgeable curatorial, conservation, and scientific research staff host the fellows in their respective departments, supervise their research, and collaborate with them throughout their terms. All fellows are expected to spend their fellowships in residence at the Museum, with the exception of the Theodore Rousseau fellows—usually predoctoral scholars—who spend the duration of their fellowship terms abroad.
To supplement their independent research and provide insight into the enormous scope of the Museum's day-to-day operations, a series of events is coordinated throughout the year. These facilitate fellows' interaction with Museum staff working outside their area of specialization. Regularly scheduled events include weekly coffees/teas in the fall with Museum staff, a welcome meeting hosted by the Director for all incoming fellows, and behind-the-scenes tours through Museum exhibitions and the Museum conservation and scientific research facilities.
Every spring, fellows' colloquia allow scholars to present their work-in-progress. These colloquia bring together renowned scholars from the tristate area as well as Museum colleagues and our fellowship donors.
Requests for information about the Metropolitan Museum's 2009–2010 Fellowship Program and the 2009 spring colloquia should be addressed to:
Marcie Karp
Senior Manager of Academic Programs
Education Department
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028-0198
Education.Grants@metmuseum.org
Alternatively, please peruse the Fellowship Program information on the Museum's website at http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_fellow.asp.
NOTE: A complete list of 2008–2009 fellowship recipients, including their academic affiliations and areas of study, is attached.
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August 13, 2008
ART HISTORY FELLOWSHIPS
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Hélène Bernier
(Dr. Bernier received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the Université de Montréal in 2005; she is currently a visiting assistant professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, to conduct the research and writing for her project "Symbols in Daily Life: Contextual Use of Decorated Pottery in Moche Households" for future publication.
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Nichole Bridges
2007–2008 fellowship still in progress
(Ms. Bridges is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.)
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship, to complete the research and writing for her dissertation on 19th-century carved tusks of the Loango Coast and Pointe Noire.
January 2–December 31, 2008
Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi
(Ms. Gagliardi is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles.)
Chester Dale Fellowship, to complete the research and writing for her dissertation "Crossing Borders, Pushing Boundaries: Senufo Arts and History in a 'Frontier.'"
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Elizabeth Feery
(Ms. Feery is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.)
Hagop Kevorkian Fellowship, to conduct research for her dissertation proposal on the role of landscape in the pictorial media of Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as to participate in preparations for the upcoming exhibition "Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C."
September 1, 2008–June 30, 2009
Arms and Armor
Elena Carrara
Fellowship renewal
(Ms. Carrara is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pisa, Italy, and an assistant at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy.)
Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Fellowship, to complete her dissertation entitled "The Ressman Collection at the Museo Nazionale in Florence" and to conduct research for a complete catalogue on all the works in Ressman's collection in the Bargello and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Asian Art
Monika Bincsik
2007–2008 fellowship still in progress
(Ms. Bincsik is a Ph.D. candidate at the Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.)
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship, to conduct research for her dissertation entitled "History of Collecting Japanese Applied Art, Especially Lacquer Pieces, Outside Japan in the 19th and 20th Century, Focusing on Hungary."
February 1, 2008–January 31, 2009
Mami Hatayama
(Ms. Hatayama is a Ph.D. candidate at the SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom.)
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship, to conduct the research and writing for her dissertation on the Japanese lacquer artist Shibata Zeghin (1807–1891).
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Jung-Hee Kim
(Dr. Kim received her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Korean Studies at the Academy of Korean Studies, Korea, in 1992; she is currently a professor in the Department of Archaeology and Art History at Wonkwang University, Korea.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, to conduct research for her project entitled "The Brahma Image of the Buddhist Painting in the Joseon Dynasty,
Korea."
September 1, 2008–February 28, 2009
Unsok Song
(Dr. Song received his Ph.D. from the Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2007; he is currently curator of Korean art at Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Korea.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, to revise his dissertation entitled "A Study of the Monk Sculptor Schools and Buddhist Sculptures in Seventeenth-Century Korea" for future publication.
March 1–August 31, 2009
Shen Wang
(Ms. Wang is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.)
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship, to complete the research and writing for her dissertation topic on Wang Yuangi (1642–1715).
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Kuo-Hao Wu
(Dr. Kuo-Hao received his Ph.D. from the Chinese Culture University, Taiwan, in 2003; he is currently director of the Taipei Ho Chuang-Shih Calligraphy Foundation and a professor in the Department of Fine Arts, Huafan University, Taipei, Taiwan.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, to expand on his dissertation work entitled "The Calligraphic and Painting Society during the Late Ming Dynasty and the Lives of Scholars."
September 1, 2008–February 28, 2009
Drawings and Prints
Alessandra Baroni
(Dr. Baroni received her Ph.D. from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 2007; she is currently assistant professor of modern art history at the University of Siena, Italy.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, to conduct research for her project "Sixteenth- to Eighteenth-Century European Preparatory Drawings for Prints in the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art."
September 1, 2008–April 30, 2009
Domenico Laurenza
Former Fellow, 2006–2007
(Dr. Laurenza received his Ph.D. from the Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici, San Marino, Italy, in 1996; he is currently a researcher at the University of Florence at the Instituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Italy, as well as a fellow/visiting scholar at the Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, to conduct the research and writing for his book manuscript entitled "Anatomy and Art in the 16th Century: New Evidence and Research Perspectives Based on the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art."
Three months (Dates TBD)
Mary Shay Millea
(Ms. Millea is a Ph.D. candidate at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.)
Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Fellowship, to conduct research for her dissertation entitled "Visualizing the Desired: The Petrarchan Lover Portrait in Renaissance Italy."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Elizabeth Rudy
(Dr. Rudy received her Ph.D. from Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, in 2007; she has just completed a curatorial internship at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
Chester Dale Fellowship, to conduct research for her project entitled "Painters, Printmakers, and Publishers: The Importance of Book Illustration during the Napoleonic Empire."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
European Paintings
Esther S. Bell
(Ms. Bell is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.)
Theodore Rousseau Fellowship, to conduct research for her dissertation "Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694–1752): Painting and Performance in Eighteenth-Century France."
September 1, 2008–February 28, 2009
Georgia Cowart
Fellowship renewal
(Dr. Cowart received her Ph.D. in musicology from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1980; she is currently a professor of musicology and chair of the Music Department at Case Western Reserve University.)
Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Fellowship, to continue her research and complete the writing for her book manuscript entitled "Watteau, Music, and the Musical Theater."
May 1–August 31, 2009
Marina Daiman
(Ms. Daiman is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.)
Theodore Rousseau Fellowship, to conduct research on her dissertation subject "Copying, Inventing, and Recycling in Rubens."
September 1, 2008–May 31, 2009
Alden Gordon
(Dr. Gordon received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in1978; he is currently chairman of the Department of Fine Arts and the Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of Art History at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. He is also director of Trinity College Paris, in France.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, to prepare his manuscript entitled "Marquis de Marigny, Directeur des Bâtiments du Roi: Art Patron in the Enlightenment" for future publication.
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Anna Koopstra
(Ms. Koopstra received her M.A. from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, in 2004; she is currently a research associate at the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen, Germany.)
Slifka Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship, to conduct research toward a future exhibition on Jan Gossaert.
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Jesse Locker
(Dr. Locker received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, in 2007; he is currently an adjunct assistant professor at Portland State University.)
Chester Dale Fellowship, to expand and revise his dissertation entitled "'The Hands of Aurora: Artemisia Gentileschi and Her Contemporaries."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Valeria Cafà
(Dr. Cafà received her Ph.D. in the history of architecture at the Instituto Universitario di Architectura di Venezia, Italy, in 2004; she has just completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, in Florence, Italy.)
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship, to conduct research for her study "Restoring Antiquities: Renaissance Approaches to Ancient Sculpture."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Michael Hall
(Dr. Hall received his Ph.D. from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, England, in 2005; he is currently curator to Edmund de Rothschild, London and Exbury House, Exbury, Hampshire, United Kingdom.)
J. Clawson Mills Scholarship, to conduct research and prepare a catalogue on the MMA's collection of gold boxes.
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Lorraine Karafel
Fellowship renewal
(Ms. Karafel is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.)
Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Fellowship, to complete the research and writing for "Raphael's Woven Grotesques for the Vatican Palace: Culture, Politics, and Medici Patronage in Early Sixteenth-Century Rome."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Greek and Roman Art
Ian Lockey
(Mr. Lockey is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Classics Department at New York University.)
Bothmer Fellowship, to conduct research for his dissertation entitled "The Atrium House at Aphrodisias."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Mette Molteson
(Dr. Molteson received her graduate degree in classical archaeology from Copenhagen University in 1974; she is currently a curator at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, to revise, research, and rewrite her book, published in 1987, entitled "Wolfgang Helbig, Brygger Jacobsen's Agent I Rom 1887–1914."
September 1–October 31, 2008
Islamic Art
Olga Bush
(Dr. Bush received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, in 2006; she is currently an adjunct lecturer at SUNY, The College at New Paltz, New York.)
Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Fellowship, to prepare her dissertation "'Adorned with the Splendor of the Dwelling: Weaving Texts, Reading Textiles, and Constructing Social Space in the Alhambra" for publication.
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Asok Kumar Das
(Dr. Das received his Ph.D. from the University of London, England.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, to conduct research for his monograph on Mughal natural history drawings and Ustad Mansur for future publication.
January 1, 2009–September 30, 2009
Abdullah Ghouchani
2007–2008 fellowship still in progress
(Dr. Ghouchani received his Ph.D. from Tehran University, Iran; he has just retired as a professor of graduate coursework at Tehran University, Iran.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, to conduct research on the MMA-excavated coins and pottery at Nishapur, focusing on the Arabic/Persian inscriptions, for future publication.
February 3, 2008–February 2, 2009
Yumiko Kamada
(Ms. Kamada is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.)
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship, to conduct research for her dissertation topic on Deccani carpets.
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Medieval Art and The Cloisters
Mary Lee Coulson
(Dr. Coulson received her Ph.D. from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, England, in 2002; she is currently an instructor at the American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece.)
Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Fellowship, to prepare her dissertation "The Church of Merbaka: Cultural Diversity and Integration in the 13th-Century Peloponnese" for publication.
September 15, 2008–September 14, 2009
Örgü Dalgiç
Former Fellow, 2006–2007
(Ms. Dalgiç is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.)
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship, to continue the research and complete the writing for her dissertation entitled "Late Antique Floor Mosaics in Constantinople before the Great Palace."
September 1, 2008–February 28, 2009
Sarah Guérin
(Ms. Guérin is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto, Canada.)
Hanns Swarzenski and Brigitte Horney Swarzenski Fellowship, to conduct research for her project entitled "French Altarpieces in the Matrix of Sacred Space: An Ivory from the Treasury of Saint Denis."
September 1–August 31, 2009
Beatrice Kitzinger
(Ms. Kitzinger is a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.)
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship, to conduct research for her dissertation entitled "Real Presence and Ritual Presence: The Early Medieval Processional Cross and Its Representations."
July 1–August 31, 2008
Warren Woodfin
(Dr. Woodfin received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002; he is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.)
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship, to complete the research and writing for his book manuscript entitled "A Thirteenth-Century Princely Burial near Zamozhne, Ukraine: The Shared Culture of Court Objects between the Mediterranean and Eurasian Worlds."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art
Abigail McEwen
(Ms. McEwen is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.)
J. Clawson Mills Scholarship, to conduct research for her dissertation entitled "The Practice and Politics of Cuban Abstraction, ca. 1952–1963."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Alison Strauber
(Ms. Strauber is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.)
Theodore Rousseau Fellowship, to conduct research for her dissertation on the artist Henri de Braekelaev (1840–1888) and Belgian paintings of domestic interiors between 1870 and 1895.
October 1, 2008–March 31, 2009
Robert Lehman Collection
Giancarla Periti
(Dr. Periti received her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, in 2003; she is currently a research associate at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA), Washington, D.C.)
Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Fellowship, to conduct the research and writing for her book manuscript entitled "In the Courts of Cloistered Ladies: Subjectivity and Gender in Conventual Art (1450–1550)."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Linda Pisani
2007–2008 fellowship still in progress
(Dr. Pisani received her Ph.D. from the Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy, in 2002; she has just finished serving as a visiting professor at the Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, to conduct research for her project entitled "Painting at the Threshold of the Renaissance, 1360–1420."
Ten weeks (Dates TBD)
CONSERVATION FELLOWSHIPS
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Isa Rodrigues
(Ms. Rodrigues is an M.A. candidate in textile conservation at the New University of Lisbon, Portugal.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Conservation, to study the theory and practice of textile conservation with a special interest in Pre-Columbian materials.
September 1, 2008–May 31, 2009
Objects Conservation
Anne Grady
(Ms. Grady received her M.A. certificate in advanced conservation practices with an objects speciality from Buffalo State College Art Conservation Program in 2007; she was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Objects Conservation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, from 2006 to 2007.)
Sherman Fairchild Foundation Fellowship in Conservation, to conduct research for her project entitled "Technical Analysis and Treatment of the Adams Vase, Designed for Tiffany & Co. by Paulding Farnham, 1893."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Kate Moomaw
(Ms. Moomaw received her M.A. in art history and her advanced certificate in conservation from the Conservation Center at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; she has just completed a Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in sculpture conservation at the Tate Museum, London, United Kingdom.)
Annette de la Renta Fellowship in Conservation, to study conservation approaches to modern and contemporary objects with a particular focus on problems presented by plastic objects.
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Maja Zivkovic
(Ms. Zivkovic received her state license in conservation in 2004; she is currently a worker in the Department of Preventative Conservation at the National Museum, Belgrade, Serbia.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Conservation, to study the conservation of ceramics and glass objects at the Metropolitan Museum and share knowledge gained with her colleagues in Serbia.
October 6, 2008–February 6, 2009
Paper Conservation
Rebecca Capua
Fellowship renewal
(Ms. Capua received her advanced certification in conservation and her M.A. in art history from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, in 2007.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Conservation, to research the use of Japanese materials by American artists in the late 19th to early 20th century.
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Photograph Department Conservation
Luisa Casella
Second year of a two-year fellowship
(Ms. Casella received a postgraduate degree in art appraisal and expertise from the School of Decorative Arts in Lisbon, Portugal; she was a 4th-cycle fellow at the Andrew W. Mellon Advanced Residency Program in Conservation, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, from 2005 to 2006.)
Research Scholarship in Photograph Conservation, to conduct research for her project on the anoxic enclosures for long-term preservation of photographic objects, focusing on the effectiveness of these packages in autochrome plates.
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Textile Conservation
Giulia Chiostrini
(Ms. Chiostrini is pursuing a graduate degree in the history and conservation of medieval works of art from Florence University, Italy.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Conservation, to study conservation techniques and conduct research on the textiles from the medieval period in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Ileana Cretu
(Ms. Cretu is pursuing a postgraduate degree from the University "Valahia"/Targoviste, Humanistic Science College, and is the head of the textile conservation lab of the National Museum of Art in Bucharest, Romania.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Conservation, to conduct research for her project entitled "Restoration of Metallic Thread Embroideries in the United States and Romania."
April 1–June 30, 2009
Ioan Mihai Anton Lupu
(Mr. Lupu received his scientific research diploma from the Romanian Ministry of Culture training center in 1996; he is currently a chemist in the conservation labs of the National Museum of Art in Bucharest, Romania.)
Annette de la Renta Fellowship in Conservation, to conduct research for his study entitled "Comparison between the Metallic Threads of the European Embroideries and Tapestries of the 15th–18th Centuries."
April 1–June 30, 2009
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
Federico Caro
Fellowship renewal
(Dr. Caro received his Ph.D. in earth sciences and a postdoctoral degree in advanced scientific studies from the University of Pavia, Italy, in 2004 and 2006 respectively.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Conservation, to conduct research for his project entitled "Determining Authenticity of Artworks: The Study of the Cambodian Khmer Sculptures from the Southeast Asia Collection of the MMA."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
Julia Schultz
Fellowship renewal
(Ms. Schultz is a Ph.D. candidate at the State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart, Germany.)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Conservation, to conduct research for her study entitled "The Use of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IFM) as Complementary Techniques for the Identification of Proteinaceous Binding Media in Art Objects."
September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009
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