The Italian Art Society Emerging Scholars Committee looks forward to seeing you at our Third Annual Lightning Talks, this year centered on the city of Bologna. The event will feature 10-minute talks by five speakers:

Alessandra Puleo (Independent Scholar), “Pre-Carracci Bologna: A Deeper Insight into Denijs Calvaert”

Corrina Scala (Temple Univ.), “Expecting Masterpieces: The Pregnant Body of Lavinia Fontana at Work”

Laura Staccoli (Univ. Warwick), “‘Inventor et Incidit’: A Rare Impression on Coloured Paper of Christ and the Samaritan Woman by Agostino Carracci”

Maria Romeo (École du Louvre), “Collecting, Power, and Memory: Franco-Italian Dynamics of Collecting (17th-19th centuries). The Exemplary Case of the Real Museo di Casa Sampieri”

Giada Pellicari (Ca’ Foscari), “Shaping Italian Contemporary Art History from Bologna: Renato Barilli and the Comportamento Section at the Venice Biennale (1972)”

The event will be moderated by the Emerging Scholars Committee with Dr. Benjamin Weil (Medieval Academy of America) as the respondent.

Please join us on Zoom on November 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM EST using this link: https://zoom.us/j/98980056808.

We hope to see you there!
Please email iasemergingscholarsgmail.com with any questions.

Sincerely,
The IAS Emerging Scholars Committee