September 12, 2008
This event brought together fourteen winners of the museum’s Charles C. Eldredge Prize, awarded annually to the author of the best book in the field of American art. Each speaker chose a word to muse upon—a word that is a critical term for the field, represents an especially compelling approach for the study of American art, or has galvanized his or her own scholarship.
2:00–3:15 p.m.
- Musings
- “Words We Write By”
- Introduction by Sarah Burns
- Panelists: Wanda M. Corn, Caroline A. Jones, Margaretta M. Lovell, David M. Lubin, Angela L. Miller, Rebecca Zurier
3:30–4:45 p.m.
- Roundtable
- “Words that Inspire Scholarship”
- Moderated by Sally M. Promey
- Panelists: Anthony W. Lee, Richard Meyer, Edward J. Nygren, Sue Rainey, Alan Trachtenberg
5–6 p.m.
- Lecture by the 2008 Eldredge Prize Winner
- “Art Worlds: World Arts”
- JoAnne M. Mancini
Sarah Burns, Indiana University
- words matter
Wanda M. Corn, Stanford University
- gender
Caroline A. Jones, MIT
- visibility
Anthony W. Lee, Mount Holyoke College
- silence
Margaretta M. Lovell, University of California, Berkeley
- money
David M. Lubin, Wake Forest University
- pleasure
JoAnne M. Mancini, National University of Ireland
- worlds
Richard Meyer, University of Southern California
- censorship
Angela L. Miller, Washington University in Saint Louis
- reciprocity
Edward J. Nygren, independent scholar
- place
Sally M. Promey, Yale University
- conversations
Sue Rainey, independent scholar
- context
Alan Trachtenberg, Yale University (emeritus)
- history
Rebecca Zurier, University of Michigan
- facture