Research Out Loud: Met Fellows Present

Join us as current Met fellows explore new avenues of research in art history, visual culture, interpretation, cultural heritage preservation, and scientific research through presentations, panel discussions, and gallery activations, such as talks, tours, and hands-on activities. The fellows will present cross-cultural and transhistorical connections throughout The Met collection that go beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries, bridging the visual arts and other areas of the humanities, sciences, performing arts, and fine arts.

All in-person presentations in Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education, are free, though advance registration is required to attend the presentations on Zoom. Talks, tours, and hands-on activities are on-site only. Those in the Uris Center for Education are free; those in the galleries are free with Museum admission. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served.

See the schedule of events (PDF).

See the fellows’ presentation abstracts (PDF).

See full presentation and activation details as follows:

Thursday, May 8

Shifting Categories
10:30 am–12:30 pm
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

On Sighting the Many Identities of the Nāgas
2–2:45 pm
Meet in Gallery 206, Floor 2

Friday, May 9

The Past Is the Present: Excavations and Reinterpretations of Ancient Forms
10:30 am–12:30 pm
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

Drinking Like the Ancients
3:30–5 pm
Carroll Classroom, Uris Center for Education

Into the Blue: A Hands-On Experience with Ancient and Modern Synthetic Blue Pigments
6–7:30 pm
Carroll Classroom, Uris Center for Education

Monday, May 12

Mapping Materials from Source to Surface
10:30 am–12:30 pm
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

“Port”able Porcelain: Eighteenth-Century Sèvres Porcelain at The Met
2–2:45 pm
Meet in Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio, Floor 1

Tuesday, May 13

The Language of Objects: Inscriptions, Texts, and Contexts
10:30 am–12:30 pm
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

Pieces of the Story: Timurid Tile Fragments in and through Time
2–2:45 pm
Gallery 450, Patti Cadby Birch Gallery

Thursday, May 15

The Lives of Objects
10:30 am–12:30 pm
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

Monday, May 19

The Lives of Objects 2
10:30 am–12:30 pm
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

Race, Beauty, and the Face of Christ in Byzantine Art
2–2:45 pm
Meet in Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio, Floor 1

Egypt in Transition: Renaissance and the Onset of the Late Period
3:30–4:15 pm
Gallery 119, Lila Acheson Wallace Galleries of Egyptian Art, Floor 1

Tuesday, May 20

Merely a Copy? Making and Thinking Through Copies of “Great Art”
11–11:45 am
Gallery 632, Jayne Wrightsman Gallery, Floor 2

Reconsidering Women’s Labor: Patronage and Production from the Tudors to the Twentieth Century
1:30–3:30 pm
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

Thursday, May 22

Contested Representations: New Perspectives on Global Modernism
10:30 am–12:30 pm
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

Contested Visions: Race, Power, and Representation
1:30–3:30 pm
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

Friday, May 23

Intersections of Art, Heritage, and Identity: Narratives Across Media
10:30 am–12:30 pm
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, Uris Center for Education

Art Conservation Touch Table: The Examination and Care of Stone Sculptures
2–4 pm
Gallery 548, Carroll and Milton Petrie European Sculpture Court, Floor 1

El más allá de la talavera poblana
De 5:30 a 6:15 pm (6:30–7:15 pm in English)
Sala 774, The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art (Centro Henry R. Luce para el Estudio del Arte Estadounidense), planta 1M

The Afterlife of Talavera Poblana
6:30–7:15 pm (de 5:30 a 6:15 pm en español)
Gallery 774, The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art, Floor 1M