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Notes from the Chair Notes from the Chair Given the whirl-wind of activities in New Brunswick Art History, five
hundred words is perhaps the best format to telegraph events. Last year at
this time, February 2004, the Department began a process that resulted in the
hiring of Susan Sidlauskas to join our faculty, effective September 2005, to
teach nineteenth-century art. Because she brings so much energy, intellectual
excitement, and proven dedication to the task, we are all very pleased that
Susan will be a part of the continuing rebirth of the Department! Over the next several months we had the opportunity to foster a foreign
exchange of teachers and students to balance the unfavorable fate of the dollar
versus the Euro. First, we met with Peter Hecht, who chairs the Department
of Art History at the University of Utrecht, and with him advanced plans to
bring a colleague to teach Dutch art in the Fall semester of 2004 and to create
a summer program in Holland for our undergraduates. Then we met with Beatrice
Abbo, from the Musee du Louvre, who was able to help us arrange a substantial
experience in the Louvre for our summer program in Paris. From these negotiations, we were able to schedule nearly one-half
of this summer’s Paris course in the Louvre where students were
taught by the Museum staff. In June a permanent agreement was signed
by the Director Philippe Loyrette and our FAS Dean Holly Smith, which
will provide for this course to continue. Seth Gopin, who developed
the Paris program and initiated contacts with the Louvre, represented
the Department at the signing ceremony. 
Tod Marder's undergraduate class during their trip to Cambridge, MA to visit the Fogg Art Museum In fact the academic year began with a Medieval clang and an astronomical
bang. Erik Thuno arrived from Rome to join the faculty as a specialist in art
of the Midddle Ages, and he has quickly made a happy home with us. Soon after,
we were plunged into a multi-disciplinary conference on Galileo, which was
organized by Catherine Puglisi under the auspices of the new Italian Studies
Program. World renown scholars in the field, including alumnus John Beldon
Scott, delivered talks and participated in round-table discussions in front
of a capacity audience.
Finally, in November, we gathered to remember the passing of Rona Goffen,
whose obituary is found elsewhere in this issue. It was both a happy
and sad moment to recall the excitement generated by her arrival in 1988,
and the spotlight her work cast on the Department in the following years.
Quirky, independent, penetratingly creative, and productive, she remained
very much in character to the end. RU at CAA in 2005 As in past years, Rutgers faculty and alumni/ae will be participating in all
aspects of the College Art Association meeting. Joan Marter, who serves on
the CAA board, will be chairing a session, as will Tod Marder. Professor
Catherine Puglisi will present a paper, as will emeritus Matthew Baigell and
Rutgers
Camden’s
Roberta Tarbell. The following alumni/ae are also presenting papers or chairing
sesssions: Gail Levin, Nancy Siegel, Stacy Schultz Burger, Caroline Goeser,
Dennis Raverty, Gregory Gilbert, Lisa Victoria Ceresi, Midori Yoshimoto,
Amy Bloch,
Kelly Helmstutler Di Dio, and Marice Rose. Current student Denise Rompilla
will also present a paper. Forging Memorial Art for Public Memory On September 12, 2003, the department, The Rutgers University Libraries, Dean's Office, FAS and the Friends of the Libraries sponsored a symposium in the Art Library. An exhibit in the Art Library accompanied the event.
The speakers included (left to right) Meredith Bzdak (Ph.D. 1995, Farewell
Mills Gatsch Architects, LLC), Franco Minervini (sculptor), Tod Marder
(Chair, Art History), Sara Harrington (Ph.D. 2003, Art Library), Margaret
Kuntz (MA 1984, Drew University) and Carol Sterling (International Sculpture
Center)
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The class on Bernini visits the salander-O'Reilly Gallery in New York for a private viewing of the newly identified Bernini portrait bust, November 2004, which was later on public view