The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Fellowship Program Announces 2019–2020 Fellowship Appointments

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces 56 scholars have been awarded fellowships to conduct art-historical, curatorial, conservation and scientific research for the 2019–2020 academic year.

The remarkable group of international fellows includes junior and senior academics from 18 countries and more than 30 universities. Among these 2019–2020 fellows are 19 postdoctoral and 37 predoctoral scholars working across the fields of art history, anthropology, critical theory, philosophy, museum studies, historiography, conservation, and the material sciences.

The fellows’ research projects this year encompass a vast array of subjects, including the complex ideological interrelations between pre-Columbian and modern Mexican art, artist David Hammons’ challenges to the legibility of racial blackness in the 1970s, and the circulation of enamels in Byzantine courtly and religious life. Through their interdisciplinarity and diversity of thought, this year’s fellows are reconsidering the boundaries of visual discourse while simultaneously illuminating and expanding our knowledge of The Met collection of artworks spanning 5,000 years of human creativity.

A Met fellowship grants scholars from around the world opportunities to immerse themselves in a curatorial, conservation, education, or scientific research department at the Museum. Drawing on the particular strengths, resources, and expertise of their host departments, fellows use the Museum as a space for dynamic exchange, research, and professional advancement. Fellows have unique access to the Museum’s inner workings and fully integrate themselves into the life of The Met.

Each fellow is paired with a supervisor or primary contact in their host department who can help them navigate the Museum and facilitate access to resources. Fellows have access to staff, libraries, collections, research facilities, labs, and the time and space necessary to complete their book manuscripts, doctoral dissertations, scholarly articles, conservation training, research experiments, and other academic pursuits.

Additional details about current and former fellows, including their fellowship projects, institutional affiliations, and areas of study, can be found on The Met’s website.

For more information about the fellowship program and how to apply, please visit metmuseum.org/fellowships.

THE 2019–2020 MET FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Full List of Awardees

Senior Fellows

History of Art and Visual Culture Fellowships

Hany Ahmed
PhD, Egyptology, Cairo University
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship

Giovanni Casini
PhD, History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Leonard A. Lauder Fellowship in Modern Art

Ignace De Keyser
PhD, Musicology, Ghent University
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship

Pınar Durgun
PhD, Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University
J. Clawson Mills Scholarship

Meghan Forbes
PhD, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Leonard A. Lauder Fellowship in Modern Art

Raphael Koenig
PhD, Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Leonard A. Lauder Fellowship in Modern Art

Rebecca Mendelsohn
PhD, Anthropology, University at Albany, State University of New York
The Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund Fellowship

Philippe Peltier
DEA, History of Art, University of Paris
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship

Alapati Refiti
PhD, School of Art and Design, Auckland University of Technology
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship

Paul Stephenson
PhD, History, University of Cambridge
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship

Marissa Vigneault
PhD, History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowships

Max Bryant
PhD, History of Art, University of Cambridge

Henry Colburn
PhD, Classical Art and Archaeology, University of Michigan

Curatorial Research/Collections Specialist Fellowships

Vanessa Boschloos
PhD, Archaeology and Art Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Archaeology, Ghent University

H. Horatio Joyce
PhD, History, University of Oxford

Chassica Kirchhoff
PhD, Art History, The University of Kansas

Scientific Research Fellowships

Alicia McGeachy
PhD, Chemistry, Northwestern University
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fellowship

Francesca Volpi
PhD, Chemistry, Università di Bologna
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fellowship

Junior Fellows

History of Art and Visual Culture Fellowships

Daniella Berman
PhD candidate, History of Art, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Marica and Jan Vilcek Fellowship

Marcello Calogero
PhD candidate, History of Art, Scuola Normale Superiore
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship

Emma Capron
PhD candidate, Art History, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Slifka Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship

Nicole Coffineau
PhD candidate, History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh
J. Clawson Mills Scholarship

Caroline Culp
PhD candidate, Art History, Stanford University
Douglass Foundation Fellowship in American Art

Hui Fang
PhD candidate, History of Art, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Marica and Jan Vilcek Fellowship

Ariel Fein
PhD candidate, History of Art, Yale University
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship

Maxence Garde
PhD candidate, École du Louvre /École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris
The Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund Fellowship

Astrid Harth
PhD candidate, Art History, Research Foundation Flanders, Ghent University
Chester Dale Fellowship

Krisztina Ilko
PhD candidate, History of Art, University of Cambridge
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship

Cristóbal Jácome-Moreno
PhD candidate, Art and Art History, The University of Texas at Austin
Chester Dale Fellowship

Grant Johnson
PhD candidate, Art History, University of Southern California
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship

Maria Lumbreras
PhD candidate, History of Art, Johns Hopkins University
The Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund Fellowship

Jeroen Luyckx
PhD candidate, Art History, KU Leuven
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship

Pierre-Jacques Pernuit
PhD candidate, Art History, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship

Vera Rondano
PhD candidate, Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship

Abbe Schriber
PhD candidate, Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
The Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund Fellowship

Alice Sharpless
PhD candidate, Classical Studies, Columbia University
The Bothmer Fellowship

Jacob (Jake) Stavis
PhD candidate, Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University
Hagop Kevorkian Fellowship

Shannon Steiner
PhD candidate, History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
Hanns Swarzenski and Brigitte Horney Swarzenski Fellowship

Lindsay Wells
PhD candidate, Art History, University of Wisconsin‐Madison
Chester Dale Fellowship

Hilary R. Whitham
PhD candidate, History of Art, University of Pennsylvania
Leonard A. Lauder Fellowship in Modern Art

Mai Yamaguchi
PhD candidate, Art and Archaeology, Princeton University
Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship

Conservation Fellowships

G. Arabel Fernández López
MS, Complex Natural and Industrial Systems (SCNI), Université de Rennes 1
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fellowship

Martina Ferrari
MS, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Conservation, Università di Torino
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fellowship

Kaelyn Garcia
MA, Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
(Conservation), The Fashion Institute of Technology
Polaire Weissman Fund Fellowship

Chae Hoon Lee
Master’s candidate, Heritage Conservation and Restoration, Korea
National University of Cultural Heritage
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fellowship

Emily M. K. Müller
MA, Paper Conservation, Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fellowship

Kari Rayner
MA, Art History, Advanced Certificate in Conservation, The Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Sherman Fairchild Foundation Conservation Fellowship

Chantal Stein
MS/MA, Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and Art History, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Annette de la Renta Fellowship

Katrina Zacharias
MA, Art Conservation, Buffalo State College, State University of New York
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fellowship

Scientific Research Fellowships

Emilie Bérard
PhD candidate, History and Archaeometallurgy, Université de Cergy Pontoise
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Conservation Fellowship

Research Scholarship in Photograph Conservation

Bryanna Knotts
MA/MS, Conservation and Art History, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

External Awards Hosted by The Met

Katherine Hughes
MA, American Fine and Decorative Art, Sotheby’s Institute of Art
Peggy N. Gerry Research Scholar

Katerina Harris
PhD candidate, History of Art, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Marica and Jan Vilcek Curatorial Fellowship

Saskia van Altena
MA, History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
The Met-Getty Paper Project Curatorial Fellowship

The Met thanks the following for their generous support of fellowships at the Museum: Association of Research Institutes in Art History, Mercedes T. Bass, Bothmer Fellowship Fund, Sylvan C. Coleman and Pam Coleman Memorial Fund, Chester Dale Fellowship Fund, Douglass Foundation, Sherman Fairchild Foundation, The Getty Foundation, The Hagop Kevorkian Fund, Leonard A. Lauder and Anonymous Gifts to The Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, J. Clawson Mills Charitable Trust, Theodore Rousseau Fellowship Fund, Joseph and Sylvia Slifka Foundation, Hanns Swarzenski and Brigitte Horney Swarzenski Fellowship Fund, Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust, Marica and Jan Vilcek, Polaire Weissman Fund, and Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship Fund.