Susanna Caviglia
Associate Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Susanna Caviglia took her degrees at the Sapienza University in Rome and the Pantheon-Sorbonne University in Paris. She teaches courses on Early Modern Art and Visual Culture. Her research interests focus on French and Italian Art in the long Eighteenth century, Early Modern theory and practice of drawing, representations of the body in art, and cross-cultural relationships within the Mediterranean world. She is the author of Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1700-1777 (2012) and History, painting, and the seriousness of pleasure in the age of Louis XV (2020), and the editor of L’événement “tragique” aux époques moderne et contemporaine: définition, représentations (with Michel Cassan, 2009); Le prince et les arts en France et en Italie, XIVe-XVIIIe siècles (2011); and Body Narratives: Motion and Emotion in the French Enlightenment (2017). Before joining Duke University, Professor Caviglia taught at the University of Limoges (France) and the University of Chicago. In France, she acquired curatorial expertise working at the Centre Georges Pompidou, the musée Condé in Chantilly the musée du Louvre, and the musée des Beaux-Arts in Nîmes. She is currently working on two new books. The first project, with Niall Atkinson, is tentatively entitled Wandering in Rome: French travelers and the image of the early modern city and investigates the aesthetics of wandering that constituted the experience of Rome for Early Modern French travelers. The second project, tentatively entitled Representing the other: French encounters with Rome and Istanbul (1669-1775), analyzes the way in which French visual and cultural production mediated and made sense of newly constituted cultural and racial differences within the Mediterranean as a means to institute a politics of ritual statecraft during the long 18th-century. Professor Caviglia is the Editor-in-Chief of the series The Body in Art (Brepols) and the Field Editor for 18th-century art for caa.reviews
Office Hours
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2021
- Director of Graduate Studies of the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2021
- Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019
Contact Information
- 114 S. Buchanan Blvd, Bay 9, Room A292, Durham, NC 27708
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susanna.caviglia@duke.edu
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (France) 2002
- M.A., Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (France) 1998
- B.A., Università Degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy) 1996
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2017 - 2021
- Recognition
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SEP 21, 2021 Office of Faculty Advancement
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Global Scholarship
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Expertise
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Research
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- Research
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Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Arts & Sciences Research Award awarded by Duke University 2020 - 2021
- Visiting Fellowship awarded by Bard Graduate Center 2019
- David L. Paletz Innovative Teaching Fund awarded by Duke University 2018
- David L. Paletz Innovative Teaching Fund awarded by Duke University 2018
- David L. Paletz Innovative Teaching Fund awarded by Duke University 2017
- Course Arts Resource Fund awarded by University of Chicago 2015
- Course Arts Resource Fund awarded by University of Chicago 2014
- Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality awarded by University of Chicago 2014
- France Chicago Center Award awarded by University of Chicago 2014
- Grant of the City of Limoges awarded by City of Limoges 2011
- Grant of the Conseil Régional du Limousin awarded by Conseil Régional du Limousin 2011
- Grant of the Conseil Régional du Limousin awarded by Conseil Régional du Limousin 2010
- Grant of the Conseil Régional du Limousin awarded by Conseil Régional du Limousin 2007
- Fellowship of the École Française de Rome awarded by École Française de Rome 2003
- Fellowship of Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale awarded by Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale 1997 - 1998
- Fellowship of European Union awarded by European Union 1995 - 1996
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Caviglia, Susanna. History, painting, and the seriousness of pleasure in the age of Louis XV. Liverpool: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, Liverpool University Press, 2020.
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Caviglia, S., ed. Body Narratives: Motion and Emotion in French Enlightenment. Brepols, 2017.
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Caviglia-Brunel, S. Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1700-1777, 2012.
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Caviglia, S., ed. Le prince et les arts en France et en Italie (XIVe-XVIIIe siècle). Presses universitaires de Limoges, 2011.
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Caviglia, S., ed. Le prince et les arts en France et en Italie (XIVe-XVIIIe siècle). Presses universitaires de Limoges, 2011.
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Caviglia, S., and M. Cassan, eds. L’événement “tragique” aux époques moderne et contemporaine: définition, représentations. Presses universitaires de Limoges, 2009.
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Caviglia, Susanna, and Nathalie Kremer, eds. Suspendre le temps, continuer l'espace. La catégorisation lessingienne à l'épreuve des arts. (Accepted) Vol. 36. Brussels: La Part de l’Oeil, n.d.
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Academic Articles
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Atkinson, Niall, and Susanna Caviglia. “Making sense of Rome in the eighteenth century: walking and the French aesthetic imagination.” Word &Amp; Image 34, no. 3 (July 3, 2018): 216–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/02666286.2017.1404892.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Caviglia, S. “Life drawing and the crisis of historia in French eighteenth-century painting.” Art History 39, no. 1 (February 1, 2016): 40–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8365.12206.Full Text
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Caviglia, S. “Aux limites de l’Histoire. Le Grand Genre à l’épreuve des règles de l’art.” Romantisme 169 (2015): 19–31.
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Caviglia, S. “Charles-Joseph Natoire. Le dessin à l’origine de la création.” Dossier De L’Art 196 (2012): 10–25.
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Caviglia, S. “Arrêt sur une oeuvre. Quatre oeuvres de l’exposition commentées.” Dossier De L’Art 196 (2012): 26–33.
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Caviglia, S. “Les techniques graphiques au XVIIIe siècle.” Dossier De L’Art 196 (2012): 34–41.
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Caviglia, S. “Peinture d’histoire et tapisserie au XVIIIIe siècle.” Archéo Théma, 2012, 37–43.
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Caviglia, S. “Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777): un peintre oublié?” Revue D’Auvergne Collected essays, Figures oubliées, figures de l’oubli. Les vicissitudes du goût en peinture au XVIIIe siècle (2008): 105–16.
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Caviglia, S. “M.P.G. de Chabanon et J.S. Duplessis: un idéal de vérité.” Revue Musicorum, 2008, 8–12.
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Caviglia, S. “Des finalités du dessin chez Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777).” Revue De L’Art 143 (2004): 35–48.
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Caviglia, S. “Le voyage d’étude en Italie du Nord d’un pensionnaire du roi au début du XVIIIe siècle, Charles-Joseph Natoire.” Les Cahiers D’Histoire De L’Art, 2003, 109–25.
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Caviglia, S. “Charles-Joseph Natoire et les peintres italiens de son temps.” Gazette Des Beaux Arts July-August (2001): 41–60.
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Caviglia, S. “Les dessins de Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777) au musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.” Bulletin Des Musées Et Monuments Lyonnais 4 (2000): 22–37.
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Book Sections
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Caviglia, Susanna. “Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-77) ou l’œuvre ultime comme anamnèse: l’exemple des paysages romains.” In Le Grand Âge et Ses Œuvres Ultimes, edited by Diane H. Bodart and Jean Gribenski, 257–67. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2020.
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Caviglia, Susanna. “A Rococo Aesthetic: History Painting and the Self's Embodiment.” In What Was History Painting and What Is It Now?, 50–66. Canada: McGill Queen’s University Press, 2019.
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Caviglia, S. “Rococo Classicisms: Mapping Corporeality.” In Classicisms, edited by L. F. Norman and A. Leonard, 43–55. Chicago, Illinois: Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, 2017.Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Caviglia, S. “The crisis of narration in Eighteenth-century French History Painting.” In Painting and Narrative in France, from Poussin to Gauguin, translated by P. D. Cooke and N. Lubbren. Routledge, 2016.Link to Item
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Caviglia, S. “La sociabilité à l’Académie de France à Rome sous le directorat de Charles-Joseph Natoire (1751-1775).” In Artistes, Savants et Amateurs : Art et Sociabilité Au XVIIIe Siècle (1715-1815). Art et Sociabilité Au XVIIIe Siècle (1715-1815), edited by A. Gorse, J. Fripp, N. Manceau, and N. Struckmeyer, 77–85, 2016.
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Caviglia, S. “'Della novità in pittura.’ Dal concetto poussinesco alla pratica settecentesca.” edited by S. Cecchini, S. Meyer, C. Piva, and S. Rolfi, 222–27. Campisano editore, 2016.
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Caviglia, S. “Du Sacré au Profane: problèmes de sécularisation de l’image en France au XVIIIe siècle.” In Le Sacré En Question Bible et Mythes Sur Les Scènes Du XVIIIe Siècle, edited by B. Ferrier, 141–59. Classiques Garnier, 2015.
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Caviglia, S. “Corps représentés, corps présentés. La crise du mouvement chez Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777).” In Watteau Aux Confluents Des Arts. Les Caractères de La Danse, edited by V. Toutain and C. Rauseo, 347–57. Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2014.
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Caviglia, S. “'Réduits à nous hucher sur des portes’. La peinture d’histoire comme décor au XVIIIe siècle: le déclassement d’un genre?” In Classement, Déclassement, Reclassement de l’Antiquité à Nos Jours, edited by G. Chabaud, 175–93. Presses Universitaires de Limoges et du Limousin, 2011.
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Caviglia, S. “Sans peur et sans crainte: l’enlèvement des femmes dans la peinture d’histoire en France au XVIIIe siècle.” In L’ennemi Intime. La Peur: Perceptions, Expressions, Effets, edited by F. Chevaud, 61–69. Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2011.
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Caviglia, S., E. Duprez, and B. Rondot. “La restauration du Cabinet des Fables de l’hôtel Dangé et la question du décor intérieur au XVIIIe siècle.” In La Restauration Des Peintures et Des Sculptures. Connaissance et Reconnaissance de l’oeuvre, edited by P. Kairis, B. Sarrazin, and F. Trémolières, 269–96. Armand Colin, 2011.
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Caviglia, S. “Les débats sur la localisation de l’Académie de France au XVIIIe siècle ou la crise du paradigme romain.” In Voyage d’artistes En Italie Du Nord, XVIe-XIXe Siècle, edited by V. Meyer and M. Pujalte, 21–32. Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2010.
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Caviglia, S. “Peindre le cortège au présent: L’inauguration de la statue équestre du Roi de Joseph-Marie Vien (1763) et la question de l’histoire contemporaine.” In Cortèges En Ville Du Moyen Age à Nos Jours, edited by M. Cassan and P. D’Hollander, 97–114. Presses Universitaires de Limoges, 2007.
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Caviglia, S. “Les écrits sur l’art et l’opinion publique au XVIIIe siècle: l’année 1747.” In Des Usages Publiques de l’écriture, edited by M. Cassan and A. Heller, 35–48. Presses Universitaires de Limoges, 2006.
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Caviglia, S. “Pittori francesi e paesaggio italiano (1730-1760).” In Pittura Di Paesaggio in Italia. Il Settecento, edited by A. Ottani Cavina and E. Galbi, 59–75. Electa, 2005.
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Caviglia, S. “La décoration de la chapelle de l’hospice des Enfants-Trouvés par Charles-Joseph Natoire.” In Autour de Notre-Dame, edited by A. Erlande-Brandenburg, J. M. Leniaud, F. Loyer, and C. Michel, 174–77. Collection Paris et son patrimoine, 2003.
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Book Reviews
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Caviglia, S. “Review of ‘La Rome des Français au temps des Lumières. Capitale de l’Antique et carrefour de l’Europe (1769-1791)’, by G. Montègre (École française de Rome, 2011).” La Rome Des Français Au Temps Des Lumières. Capitale De L’Antique Et Carrefour De L’Europe (1769 1791), 2012.
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Caviglia, Susanna. “French Rome during the Enlightenment. Capital of Antiquity and crossroads of Europe (1769-1791).” Revue De L Art, 2012.Link to Item
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Caviglia, S. “Review of ‘Il Settecento a Roma’, exhibition catalogue (Silvana Editoriale, 2005).” Il Settecento a Roma, 2007.
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Caviglia, S. “Review of ‘Anne Vallayer-Coster: peintre à la cour de Marie-Antoinette’, exhibition catalogue (Somogy éditions d’Art, 2002).” Anne Vallayer Coster. Peintre À La Cour De Marie Antoinette, 2005.
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Exhibitions, Screenings, & Performances
- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- ARTHIST 265: Drawing Foundations in Early Modern Europe 2022
- MEDREN 240: Drawing Foundations in Early Modern Europe 2022
- VMS 256: Drawing Foundations in Early Modern Europe 2022
- ARTHIST 245S: Women in Visual Arts, 1400-1800: Theory and History 2021
- ARTHIST 745S: Women in Visual Arts, 1400-1800: Theory and History 2021
- ARTHIST 792: Individual Research in Art History 2021
- GSF 245S: Women in Visual Arts, 1400-1800: Theory and History 2021
- MEDREN 245S: Women in Visual Arts, 1400-1800: Theory and History 2021
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Advising & Mentoring
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Primary adviser and chair of the doctoral committee
1. Yasemin Altun
Ph.D. candidate
Art, Art History & Visual Studies, 2019-present
Status: first-year student
Member of the doctoral committee
1. Soohyun Yoon
Ph.D. candidate
Art, Art History & Visual Studies, 2017-present
Status: second-year student
Primary adviser: Prof. Stan Abe
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- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Peinture, histoire, et la gravité du plaisir au siècle des Lumières.. Festival de l’Histoire de l’Art. June 4, 2020 - June 7, 2020 2020
- Seeing through touch, touching with the eyes: the sensorial construction of Rome in the age of the Enlightenment. Bard Graduate Center. December 2019 2019
- History, Painting, and the Seriousness of Pleasure in Eighteenth Century France . Visual Representation, Materiality, and Medium. Harvard University. November 2019 2019
- History, Painting, and Love in the Age of Louis XV. Universities Art Association of Canada. Universities Art Association of Canada. October 2019 2019
- Roman Stories: Mapping the Foreigner's Urban Narratives and the Representation of the Early Modern City. Western Society of French History. Western Society of French History. October 2019 2019
- Jean-Baptiste Greuze's Genre Paintings and the Constrution of Italian Identities. International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies. The University of Edinburgh. July 2019 2019
- “History, painting, and the seriousness of pleasure in the age of Louis XV”. University of Edinburgh. March 2019 2019
- Breakout Session "Space, Objects, Audience: the Future of Eighteenth-Century Art". Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art & Architecture. November 2018 2018
- “L’Invention du Bonheur. Peindre l’Histoire au siècle des Lumières”. Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne. May 2018 2018
- “Assembling Rome for the Eighteenth-Century Viewer” . American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. March 2018 2018
- “Indolence is a woman. Greuze’s Lazy Italian girl and the debate over Italian cultural collapse” . Bettie Allison Rand Symposium in honor of Mary D. Sheriff. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . February 2018 2018
- Drawing: The Invention of a Modern Medium. Harvard Art Museums. April 2017 2017
- The Invention of Happiness. Painting History in the Enlightenment. Iowa University. October 2016 2016
- "Weighty Matters in Delightful Images". The Delight of the Eye: Eighteenth-Century Painting and/as Decoration. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. March 2016 2016
- "Painting of Love as Ideology of Harmony". Eros and Elightenment. College Art Association. February 2016 2016
- Dionysos Trublion. Peindre la Fable à l'âge des Lumières. Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte. October 2015 2015
- "Wandering in Rome, the Psycho-Geography of the Solitary Walker". Renaissance Society of America. March 2015 2015
- The "Action of Repose" in the Theory and Practice of Painting. Workshop. University of Chicago. March 2015 2015
- Resting Beauties. Academic Practice and History Painting in the French Enlightenment. De Paul University. January 2015 2015
- "Wandering around Rome. The Esthetics of the Mobile Gaze in the Eighteenth Century". The Mobile Spectator: Viewing on the Move. University of Nottingham. July 2014 2014
- "The Eternal Modernity of Rome. The Poetics of the Past in French 18th-century Painting". Representing the Past. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. March 2014 2014
- "Drawing New Foundations for History Painting. Life Drawing and the Crisis of Historia at the French Royal Academy". Drawing Foundations in Early Modern Europe. College Art Association. February 2014 2014
- "De l'imminent au potentiel. L'action de repos' dans la peinture d'histoire sous Louis XV". Temporality and Potentiality in the Artworks. Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art. December 2013 2013
- De l'imminent au potentiel. L'action de repos' dans la peinture d'histoire sous Louis XV. Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art. December 2013 2013
- "Touching Rome: The Emotional Construction of the Eternal City". Emotional Objects: Touching Emotions in Europe 1600-1900. Institute of Historical Research. October 2013 2013
- "La Tapisserie de l'Histoire de Don Quichotte' de Charles-Joseph Natoire. Œuvre de Traduction ou Récit Renouvelé". De l'Apocalypse d'Angers à Alechinsky. Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art. June 2012 2012
- Du Sacré au Profane: Problèmes de Sécularisation de l'Image en France au XVIIIe Siècle". Le Sacré en Question. Sujets Bibliques, Sujets Mythologiques sur les Scènes du XVIIIe Siècle. Université d'Artois. June 2012 2012
- "L'hybridation des genres dans la peinture d'histoire en France au XVIIIe siècle". Genres littéraires et peinture. Université Blaise Pascal. October 2011 2011
- "La sociabilité à L'Académie de France à Rome sous le directorat de Charles-Joseph Natoire (1751-1775)". Art et sociabilité au XVIIIe siècle (1715-1815). Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art. June 2011 2011
- "Peindre l'histoire de France au XVIIIe siècle". Ecrire l'histoire de France de la Renaissance au XXIe siècle. Université de Poitiers. March 2011 2011
- Peindre l'histoire de France au XVIIIe siècle. Workshop. Université de Poitiers. March 2011 2011
- "Le Transfert de modèles comme pratique artistique. Le cas de la peinture d'histoire en France au XVIIIe siècle". Transfert de modèles dans le sillage des Lumières. Université de Limoges. April 2010 2010
- "Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777) ou l'œuvre ultime comme anamnèse". Le grand âge et ses œuvres ultimes (XVIème-XXIème siècles). Université de Poitiers. December 2009 2009
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Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
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Service to the Profession
- Reviewer. Pandemic Relief Fund Commitee. Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture (HECAA). 2020 2020
- Field Editor for the 18th-Century Art. College Art Association. July 2019 2019
- Co-organizer. International symposium. "Suspendre le temps, continuer l’espace". Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3 . 2019 2019
- Committee Member. Mary Vidal Memorial Award Committee. Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art & Architecture. 2019 2019
- External Reviewer. Journal 18. 2019 2019
- Editor-in-Chief. "The Body in Art". Brepols. 2017 2017
- External Reviewer. Rives méditerranéennes. 2017 2017
- Organizer. Internationl symposium. "Body Narratives: Motion and Emotion in the French Enlightenment". The University of Chicago. 2015 2015
- Committee Member. The France Chicago Center (FCC) Travel Grant Committee. University of Chicago. 2014 - 2016 2014 - 2016
- Hiring Committee. History/Art History Department. Université de Limoges. 2011 - 2012 2011 - 2012
- Library Committee. Université de Limoges. 2011 - 2012 2011 - 2012
- Organizer. Symposium. "Le prince et les arts en France et en Italie (XIVe-XVIIIe siècles)". Universite de Limoges, France. 2011 2011
- Co-organizer. Symposium. "Transfert de modèles dans le sillage des Lumières". Universite de Limoges, France. 2010 2010
- Vice-Chair. History Department. Université de Limoges. 2009 - 2010 2009 - 2010
- Co-organizer. Symposium. "L’événement “tragique” aux époques moderne et contemporaine". Universite de Limoges, France. 2007 2007
- Hiring Committee. History/Art History Department. Université de Limoges. 2007 - 2008 2007 - 2008
- Member. Ministry of Culture. 2007 - 2010 2007 - 2010
- Co-organizer. Visiting speakers series. Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, Quimper, France. 2003 - 2005 2003 - 2005
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Service to Duke
- Co-organizer. Visiting speakers series. Department of Art, Art HIstory & Visual Studies. 2019 2019
- External Reviewer. Bass Connections. 2019 2019
- Library Council. 2019 2019
- Lilly Library Liaison. 2019 2019
- Arts &Sciences Council. 2018 - 2019 2018 - 2019
- Candidacy of Prof. C.Gruber. 2018 2018
- Graduate Committee. 2018 2018
- Language Exams (Italian, French). 2018 2018
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Academic & Administrative Activities
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MEMBERSHIP
College Art Association
American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies in the Enlightenment
Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art & Architecture
International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Universities Art Association of Canada
Western Society for French History
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