Art History Symposium: Camera/women: Rewriting the History of Photography

When and Where

Thursday, October 31, 2024 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Paul Cadario Conference Centre
University College
15 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S 3H7

Description

Camera/women: Rewriting the History of Photography

When: Thursday, October 31, 2024
Where: Paul Cadario Conference Centre, University College (15 King's College Circle)

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Program:

12:00 pm - Welcome from the Chair of Art History; introduction of the Dean
Joseph L. Clarke

12:05 pm - Welcome from the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science
Antoinette Handley

12:10 pm - Introduction to the symposium theme and speakers
Jordan Bear

12:30 pm Session I.  Historical Perspectives.

Patrizia di Bello 
Professor of History and Theory of Photography
University of London

Elizabeth Otto
Professor of Art History and Director of the Humanities Institute
State University of New York at Buffalo

Brief response and questions from the audience.

Facilitator:
Claire Zimmerman
Professor of Architectural History and Director of Ph.D. Program
University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design

1:45 pm Break

2:15 pm Session II.  Women Photographers in the Museum

Andrea Nelson
Associate Curator of Photographs
National Gallery of Art, Washington

Kristen Gresh 
Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Senior Curator of Photographs
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Brief response and questions from the audience.

Facilitator:
Marina Dumont-Gauthier
Curatorial Assistant in Photography, Art Gallery of Ontario
Doctoral Candidate in Art History, University of Toronto

3:30 pm Group discussion.

Facilitator:
Jordan Bear

Pomona - Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron, "Pamona," Albumen silver print from glass negative, 1872 (MET 63.545)