Center 32 - Record of Activities and Research Reports - June 2011–May 2012

Aug 21, 2026

A detailed annual record for Center 32 (the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts) covering activities and research reports from June 2011 to May 2012. The report documents the center’s academic mission, its resident international scholar community, and the structure of programs including fellowships, meetings, research, and publications. It also lists board and staff roles, members, key meeting and lecture schedules, research output, and compiled research reports indexed for reference.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages190

Reading Time7 h 59 min

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Preface

Report on the Academic Year June 2011–May 2012

Board of Advisors and Special Selection Committees

Staff

Report of the Dean

Members

Meetings

Lectures

Publications and Web Presentations

Research

Research Reports of Members

About the Center

Fields of Inquiry

Fellowships

Meetings, Research, and Publications

Index of Members’ Research Reports

Center 32 national Gallery of art Center for AdvAnCed Study in the viSuAl ArtS Center 32 Center 32 national Gallery of art Center for AdvAnCed Study in the viSuAl ArtS Record of Activities and Research Reports June 2011–May 2012 Washington, 2012 National Gallery of Art center for advanced study in the visual arts Washington, dc Mailing address: 2000B South Club Drive, Landover, Maryland 20785 Telephone: (202) 842-6480 Fax: (202) 842-6733 E-mail: [casva](casva@nga.gov)[@](casva@nga.gov)[nga.gov](casva@nga.gov) [Website: www.nga.gov/casva](Website: www.nga.gov/casva) Copyright © 2012 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law, and except by reviewers from the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Produced by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts and the Publishing Ofﬁce, National Gallery of Art, Washington issn 1557-198X (print) issn 1557-1998 (online) Editor in Chief, Judy Metro Deputy Publisher and Production Manager, Chris Vogel Series Editor, Peter M. Lukehart Center Report Coordinator, Hayley Plack Managing Editor, Cynthia Ware Design Manager, Wendy Schleicher Assistant Production Manager, John Long Assistant Editor, Caitlin Woolsey Designed by Patricia Inglis, typeset in Monotype Sabon and Helvetica Neue by John Long, and printed on McCoy Silk by Westland Printers, Laurel, Maryland Frontispiece: Members of the Center, April 24, 2012 Contents 6 Preface 7 Report on the Academic Year June 2011–May 2012 8 Board of Advisors and Special Selection Committees 9 Staff 11 Report of the Dean 15 Members 23 Meetings 39 Lectures 42 Publications and Web Presentations 43 Research 53 Research Reports of Members 169 About the Center 171 Fields of Inquiry 171 Board of Advisors and Special Selection Committees 171 Professors in Residence 172 Fellowships 180 Meetings, Research, and Publications 183 Index of Members’ Research Reports PrefaCe The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, a research institute that fosters study of the production, use, and cultural meaning of art, artifacts, architecture, urbanism, photography, and ﬁlm, from prehistoric times to the present, was founded in 1979. The Center encourages a variety of approaches by historians, critics, and theorists of art, as well as by scholars in related disciplines of the humanities and social sciences. The resident community of international scholars consists of the Samuel H. Kress Professor, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor, the Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor, the A. W. Mellon Lecturer in the Fine Arts, and approximately twenty fellows at any one time, including senior fellows, visiting senior fellows, guest scholars, research associates, postdoctoral fellows, and predoctoral fellows. In addition, the Center supports approximately ﬁfteen predoctoral fellows who are conducting research both in the United States and abroad. The programs of the Center include fellowships, meetings, research, and publications. rePort on the aCademiC year June 2011 – may 2012 Board of advisors Marsha Haufler September 2009–August University of Kansas David Joselit September 2010–August Yale University Dale Kinney September 2011–August Bryn Mawr College Pamela Lee, chair September 2009–August Stanford University 2012 2013 2014 2012 Richard Neer September 2010–August 2013 University of Chicago Eugene Wang September 2011–August 2014 Harvard University Curatorial liaison Sarah Greenough September 2009–August 2012 Senior Curator and Head of the Department of Photographs, National Gallery of Art Alexander Nagel September 2011–August 2014 Institute of Fine Arts, New York University sPeCial seleCtion Committees Ailsa Mellon Bruce Predoctoral

FAQs

What time period does the Center 32 record cover?

It covers the academic year from June 2011 to May 2012.

What kinds of programs does the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts run?

The report describes fellowships, meetings, research, and publications as core program areas.

How is the board and committee work organized in the report?

It includes a Board of Advisors section and a separate Special Selection Committees section, with members and their service periods.

Aug 21, 2026

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