University of Pittsburgh

Graduate Students

Saskia Beranek

Europe before 1750

srb43@pitt.edu

Saskia's research centers around the patronage of women in the arts in 17th century Holland, specifically that of Amalia van Solms, an incredibly influential yet under-represented figure. Her research explores issues of the rhetorical possibilities of classicism within a Northern environment and the role of art and architecture in defining a Dutch 'proto-national' identity.

Education

August 2009 – Art of the Golden Age: Sources and Perspectives, sponsored by Amsterdam – Maastricht Summer University and in association with the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History) and CODART (Curators of Dutch and Flemish Art), The Hague, and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

2009 – Universiteit Utrecht, James Boswell Institute: Dutch Language and Culture, L 3

2008 - Universiteit Utrecht, James Boswell Institute: Dutch Language and Culture, L1 & L2 MA - Duke University, 2003, Thesis Title: "Agency and Reception: Amalia van Solms and the Huis ten Bosch"

BA - Penn State University, 2001, History of Art

Papers

University of Pittsburgh College of Arts and Sciences Grad Expo, March 16,2009: Paper: ‘Bearing the Golden Burden’: Art, Citizenship, and Gender in 19th Century Dutch Museum Practices

Vagantes Graduate Student Conference, March 5-8, 2009 Paper Title: The Demon in the Synagogue: The Rhetorical Role of the Other in Medieval Text and Image

University of Pittsburgh College of Arts and Grad Expo, March 2008 Panel: Conceptions of Women, Bodies, and Beauty Paper Title : Rethinking Marginality: Art and Gender in 17th Century Netherlands

Grants

Arts and Sciences Fellow, 2009-2010

Friends of Frick/Wilkinson Travel Grant, Summer 2009

Outstanding Paper Award, University of Pittsburgh Grad Expo, 2009

Dissertation Development Grant, History of Art and Architecture, 2008

Arts and Sciences Fellow, 2007-2008

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Faculty, Carlow University, 2003-2007 Courses Taught: Women in Art since the Renaissance, Introduction to Art: Ancient through Medieval

Professional Membership

College Art Association, 2004 - present

Historians of Netherlandish Art, 2008 - present

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