Symposium on Aspects of Culture and Landscape in the Americas

Americas Society, Council of the Americas

April 30, 2014, 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Eduard Ender (Austrian, 1822-1883). Alexander von Humboldt and Bonpland in the Jungle Hut, ca. 1850. Archive of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Welcome Remarks

• Harper Montgomery, Distinguished Lecturer and Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Professor in Latin American Art, Hunter College: morning
• Gabriela Rangel, Director of Visual Arts and Chief Curator, Americas Society: afternoon

11:00am to 1:00pm – PANEL 1: Humboldt and Social Order in the Americas

• Introduction: Wenzel Bilger, Regional Program Director, Goethe-Institute, New York.
• Respondent: Mary Louise Pratt, Silver Professor and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures at New York University.

Scholars:

• Ottmar Ette, Chair of Romance Literature, University of Potsdam
  Alexander von Humboldt as a World Citizen. Nomadic Knowledge and the Global Landscapes of Theory

• Michael Zeuske, Professor of Caribbean and Latin American History, Universität zu Köln
  Humboldt and Slavery

• Laura Dassow Walls, William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English, University of Notre Dame
  The Manifold Nature of Humboldt’s Pocket Cosmos

• Mark Dion, Contemporary Artist
  An Artist Responds to the Collecting Tradition of Naturalists in the Neotropics

1:00 pm to 2:30pm – BREAK

2:30pm to 5:30pm – PANEL 2: Humboldt’s Influence on the Art of the Americas

• Video: The Wake, by Dana Levy
• Introduction: Georgia de Havenon, Exhibition Guest Curator
• Respondent: Katherine Manthorne, Professor of Art of the Unites States, Latin America and Their Cross-Currents, 1750-1950, The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Continue reading →