Publications & Presentations

Selected publications, conference papers, and guest lectures spanning more than three decades of scholarship in art history and museum studies.

Publications

  • "Arnold Lakhovsky's 'Jewish Quarter, Worms. On the Morning Prayer' 1902/1903 in the Collection of the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center." Expertise and Attribution of Works of Fine Arts: Proceedings, Tretyakov Gallery and Magnum Ars Corporation, Moscow, November 2017.
  • "Fabergé Imperial Pelican Easter Egg: Inscription Reinterpreted" (illustrated version, in Russian). Sobranie magazine, Foundation of Support of Russian Art, Moscow, 2015.
  • "Fabergé Imperial Pelican Easter Egg: Inscription Reinterpreted." XIXth Scientific Conference "Expertise and Attribution of Works of Fine Arts: Proceedings," Tretyakov Gallery and Magnum Ars Corporation, Moscow, November 2014.
  • "Fabergé Imperial Pelican Easter Egg: Inscription Reinterpreted." Online publication, Fabergé Revisited, Switzerland, 2009.
  • "The World of 1607" exhibition catalogue (concept author and editor). Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2007.
  • "Search for Origin of 17th-Century Seal Stamp Leads in Many Directions." Dispatch, Quarterly Newsletter of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Fall 2001.

Conferences, Presentations, and Guest Lectures

  • XIXth Scientific Conference "Expertise and Attribution of Works of Fine Arts," Tretyakov Gallery and Magnum Ars Corporation, Moscow (November 2014). Presentation: "Fabergé Imperial Pelican Easter Egg: Inscription Reinterpreted."
  • International Scientific Conference "Shakespeare Readings," Shakespeare Association of Russia and Russian Academy of Science (September 2014). Presentation: "All the World's Stage: A Story Told in Objects."
  • International Scientific Conference "Shakespeare Readings," Shakespeare Association of Russia and Russian Academy of Science (July 2012). Presentation: "'You Have Spoken Truer Than You Purposed': A Look at Shakespeare's Play The Tempest through the Lens of the Jamestown Quadricentennial Anniversary Exhibition The World of 1607."
  • Opening Ceremony of the Memorial Rutland Society, Moscow (July 2012). Presentation: "Portrait of Roger Manners, the 5th Earl of Rutland, from the Collection of His Grace Duke of Rutland and Her Grace the Duchess of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, at The World of 1607."
  • Curatorial lectures and tours associated with "The World of 1607" exhibition, Jamestown Settlement Museum, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation (2006–2008).
  • "Moscow and Saint Petersburg and the Russian Literature of the Nineteenth Century." Reves Center for International Studies, College of William and Mary, VA (Fall 1999).
  • "Cult of the Holy Trinity and Its Impact on Russian Culture in 16th–18th Centuries." Slide presentation, Holy Trinity Church, Holyoke, MA (June 1994).
  • "Talks about Russian Culture" and "Images of Russia." Lectures and slide presentations, University of Massachusetts Slavic Department and Smith College, Northampton, MA (Spring 1994).
  • "On the History of Private and Public Collections in Russia." Guest speaker for Art Museum Studies, with Susannah Fabing, Director of the Smith College Museum of Art (January 1994).
  • "A Month of Russian Culture." Lectures and practical lessons for children, Mark's Meadow School, Amherst, and The Little Red Schoolhouse, Amherst College, MA (Fall 1993).
  • Annual Theoretical Conferences of the Stroganoff Industrial Art School, Moscow (1988–1991).
  • State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Young Scientists Conferences (1979 and 1981).