MAP Forum is an online program sponsored by the Friends of the Medici Archive Project, offering free weekly webinars to a diverse, global audience. Each week, scholars, researchers, curators, and specialists present live talks on topics related to early modern art and history, sharing insights from their latest publications and research projects. Each week, scholars, researchers, curators, and specialists present live talks on topics related to early modern art and history, sharing insights from their latest publications and research projects.
The webinars are followed by a Q&A session, fostering dynamic conversations between the speakers and attendees. The aim is to make the most recent and cutting-edge research accessible to a global community, free of charge, while providing a platform for scholars and leading researchers in the field to disseminate their knowledge to an expanded network of engaged and interested audiences.
Negar Rokhgar is an art historian specializing in early modern Europe and the Islamic world. Negar earned her PhD from Rutgers University in 2020 and is currently teaching in the Department of History of Art and Design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She has been affiliated with the Medici Archive Project since 2018, first as a Samuel H. Kress Fellow and later as an Eva Schler Postdoctoral Fellow. In her current role, she brings her expertise and passion to hosting this engaging and informative series.
For weekly invitations with Zoom links, please visit our homepage.
You can also watch all our previous lectures on our YouTube channel.
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2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
2021-22
2020-21
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ANNA WAINWRIGHT - Widow City: Gender, Emotion and Community in the Italian Renaissance
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A FESTIVE HOLIDAY GALA - with the Summer 2024 Interns
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GIFT GIVING IN THE ARCHIVES - Presented by the Fellows, Staff, and Scholars of MAP
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MIGRATION PATTERNS IN EARLY MODERN ITALY - Roundtable
MAP FORUM - 30 January 2024 Migration Patterns in Early Modern Italy - ...
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NEW APPROACHES TO TEACHING RENAISSANCE ART - a Roundtable by Fabrizio Nevola and Eric Hupe
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