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The 2024 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies
February 29 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free
Art historian Christine Poggi will deliver the 2024 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies on Thursday, Feb. 29 at 4:00 p.m.
Poggi is a professor of fine arts and the Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director of New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts. Poggi’s lecture, “From Primal Matter to Surrogate Veneer: Wood and Faux Bois in Picasso’s Cubism,” will explore the artist’s use of wood in his works from 1906-08 and 1912-14.
The Institute hosts the annual Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies, established in 1990 by UNC Classics Professor Kenneth J. Reckford to honor his wife, Mary Stevens Reckford (February 25, 1934 – November 12, 1987). It is co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies.
The lecture is designed to appeal to the public, rather than specialists. Speakers are asked to provide “pleasure, instruction, an interdisciplinary approach and a sense of shared humanity.” Because Mary Reckford’s birthday is Feb. 25, the Institute hosts the lecture within the month of February.
Registration requested. RSVP on Qualtrics.
This is also a Campus Life Experience event. Students who are seeking a CLE can register on Heel Life and check-in at the lecture.
