Join us this spring to hear the leading minds and rising voices of their fields as our current Met fellows explore new research avenues in art history, visual culture, education, and cultural heritage preservation. These live, online presentations on their research take place at 10 am–12 pm and 1–3 pm, May 4, May 5, May 11, May 12, May 18, and May 19.
See the fellows' presentation abstracts.
Please note: These live events take place on Zoom. Free, though advance registration is required.
Don't miss the fellows' in-person talks, readings, musical performances, and other activations of The Met galleries on Friday, May 5, May 12, and May 19. Free with Museum admission; registration is not required.
View the full Research Out Loud schedule of online presentations and in-person gallery events.
Today's presentations:
To Leave One's Mark: Reconstructing Social Networks in Sasanian Iran through 3D Documentation of Seals and Sealings
Johnathan W. Hardy, Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellow, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art
From Conjecture to Proof: An Investigation on the Sassanid Stucco after Two Millennia
Atefeh Shekofteh, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fellow, Department of Scientific Research
Early Iranian-Islamic Metallurgy: Technological Aspects of Copper-Based Metalworks from the Seventh through Fourteenth Centuries CE
Omid Oudbashi, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fellow, Department of Scientific Research
Timurid's Calligrapher: Mashhadi and Cultural Life under Husayn Bayqara (1469–1506)
Aftandil Erkinov, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, Department of Islamic Art
Discussant: Michael Seymour, Associate Curator, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art
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