Symposium: Learning Through Photography

For information about registration and hotel accommodations, please scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Thursday, April 30

This lecture is open to the public and does not require registration.

Keynote Address
5:30–6:30 p.m. 

Sarah Lewis
Founder of Vision & Justice and the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University
 

Friday, May 1

The symposium is free and open to the public, but registration is required to attend the events on May 1. 

Opening Remarks 
10–10:15 a.m. 

Panel 1: Sampling 
10:15–11:30 a.m. 

Moderated by Brendan Fay, Associate Professor of Art History, Eastern Michigan University  

Panelists: 
Deana Lawson, Professor of Visual Arts, Princeton University 
Eduardo Navas, Research Professor of Art, Penn State University 
Carmen Winant, Professor of Art, The Ohio State University 

Panel 2: Creativity 
11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. 

Moderated by Katherine A. Bussard, Senior Curator of Photography, Princeton University Art Museum 

Panelists: 
Kim Beil, Associate Director of ITALIC, Stanford University 
Eduardo Cadava, Philip Mayhew Professor of English, Princeton University 
Dionne Lee, Assistant Professor of Art, The Ohio State University  

Lunch Break 
1–2:30 p.m. 

Boxed lunches will be available for purchase in the Museum’s Education Commons. Lunch is also available for purchase at Mosaic, the Museum’s restaurant located on the third floor. Reservations for Mosaic are encouraged via Resy. 

Explore Photography as a Way of Life: Minor White, Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan 
Temporary Exhibitions Gallery 
Join Katherine Bussard, Monica Bravo, and Brendan Fay to learn more about the works on view in the exhibition. 

Panel 3: Attention 
2:30–3:45 p.m. 

Moderated by Christy Wampole, Professor of French, Princeton University 

Panelists: 
Jennifer Bajorek, Professor of Literature, Visual Studies, and African and African Diaspora Arts, Hampshire College 
Beth Blum, Professor of English, Harvard University 
David Benjamin Sherry, Independent artist 

Roundtable: Friends 
4–5:30 p.m. 

Moderated by Monica Bravo, Assistant Professor of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University 

Panelists: 
Virginia C. Beahan, Senior Lecturer in Studio Art, Dartmouth College 
Laura McPhee, Professor of Photography, Massachusetts College of Art and Design 
Andrew Moore, Instructor of Photography, School of Visual Arts 
Fazal Sheikh, Independent artist 
Carla Williams, Independent artist  

Closing Reception 
5:30–6:30 p.m. 

Registration + Hotel Information 

Registration
These events are free and open to the public. 
The keynote lecture on Thursday, April 30 does not require registration; seating is first come, first served. 
Registration is required to attend the symposium on Friday, May 1. 

Accommodations
A block of rooms at discount rates are available on a first come first served basis at the Graduate Hotel at participants’ expense. Reservations can be made through this link by March 30, 2026. 

“Learning Through Photography” is organized by Monica Bravo, assistant professor, Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University; Katherine A. Bussard, Peter C. Bunnell Senior Curator of Photography, Princeton University Art Museum; and Brendan Fay, guest curator of Photography as A Way of Life and associate professor, School of Art and Design, Eastern Michigan University.