Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies and the Graduate Early Modern Student Society
Professor Jessica Keating teaches in the Department of Art and Art History at Carleton College. Her teaching and scholarship focus on the art of early modern Europe and the intertwined histories of collecting; technology; cultural contact and exchange; and empire and sovereignty. Professor Keating’s publications include a monograph entitled Animating Empire: Automata, the Holy Roman Empire and the Early Modern World (Penn State University Press, 2018), in which she discusses how clockwork automata—which were both tools for timekeeping and visual objects tied to temporal movements—served as a means for the specific political ends. Her scholarship also exemplifies the recent academic trend that situates European artworks within a broader global context. Her keynote presentation will instruct GEMSS members and other attendees on the issues of time and temporalities in early modern European society from an interdisciplinary perspective that combines art, politics, and history of science.
FREE and OPEN to all those interested in early modernity, including undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty, and members of the public.
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