Symposium

Lightning Talks

Organized by Mimi Cheng, Gregor Meinecke, and the KHI fellows

Details from: Unknown artist, Crowned Virgin and Child, alabaster figure with silver crowns, hardwood, polychrome, sculpture, 18th century, Brooklyn Museum. José (Joseph) Carlos de Borbón, Seascape with the Columns of Hercules, c. 1760, Museo del Prado. Cover of Al-Majalla (المجلة), no. 5, 1970, German Democratic Republic (GDR). View and section of the Royal Mint building in Postosí as drawn by Raphael Fluxá, 1765. Archivo General de Indias, Ministerio de Cultura, España. “One-Way Ticket” (p.62-63), poetry collection by Langston Hughes, illustrated by Jacob Lawrence, 1948-1949. Museum of Modern Art.

 

An inaugural event showcasing the work of current researchers at the KHI. 

With presentations by:

Hannah Baader
Costanza Caraffa
Alice Cazzola
Murielle Cornut
Luca Di Nardo
Alice Dini
Parshati Dutta
Azar Emami Pari
Alessandra Failla
Clara Forcht
Lucia Galaretto
Verena Gebhard
Hala Ghoname
Almut Goldhahn
Magnus Green
Hana Gründler
Nora Guggenbühler
Dagmar Keultjes
Orazio Lovino
Katia Mazzucco
Anna-Maria Meister
Alper Metin
Katherine Mills
Margherita Naim
Alejandro Nodarse Jammal
Giada Policicchio
Yasmin Riyahi
Rosa Sancarlo
Michele Tenzon
Danai Thomaidis
Rafael Uriarte
Samuel Vitali
Nils Jonas Weber
Katharina Weiger

01 October 2026, 10:00am

This is an internal event that will take place at Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai. 

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