Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art

Eminent Scholar Lecture: Mary Jo Arnoldi, Ph.D.
"Monuments, Museums and Memory: Constructing History in Contemporary Mali
Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi is the Curator of African Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Arnoldi is a curator of one of the world's most important collections of African art. She has curated numerous exhibitions, including the much-praised African Voices, a reinstallation of the permanent exhibition of African history and cultures at the Smithsonian (opened 1999). She has served as curatorial consultant for important American and European exhibitions, and was co-curator of the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Eminent Scholar Lecture: Professor John Henry Merryman
"Great Cases in Art Law"
John Henry Merryman is Stanford Law School's Nelson Bowman Sweitzer and Marie B. Sweitzer Professor of Law, emeritus and affiliated professor in the Department of Art, emeritus. Merryman discussed prominent art law cases, including Richard Serra's "Tilted Arc" case, the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center's 1990 Maplethorpe prosecution, the Elgin Marbles saga, and the Leonardo "La Bell Ferroniere" trial. Merryman was the first recipient of the American Society of Comparative Law's Lifetime Achievement Award and has authored numerous books on art law, including Thinking About the Elgin Marbles: Critical Essays on Cultural Property, Art and Law (2000), Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts (with Albert E. Elsen, 4th ed. 2002), and Imperialism, Art and Restitution (2006). He is also a contributor to the new publication Who Owns the Past? Cultural Policy, Cultural Property and the Law.

Florida Museum of Natural History

The Museum Studies Program, in coordination with the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, proudly presented Special Agent John Fryar, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Garry Cantley, Western Regional Archaeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for an informative lecture on the subjects of NAGPRA (Native American graves Protection and Repatriation Act) and ARPA (Archaeological Resources Protection Act).

Dr. Gerald McMaster (Plains Cree and member of the Siksika Nation) Director's Special Assistant for Exhibitions at Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian will make a presentation in conjunction with the Florida Museum of Natural History's exhibition "The Pearsall Collection of American Indian Art."

School of Art and Art History

Micky Donnelly, Amanda Dunsmore and Sean Taylor: Artists and guest curators from Ireland discuss the exhibition "Art fromthe Ruck-sack II"

Dr. J. Edward Kidder: Presents "The enigma of Japanese Imperial tombs: Archaeological Questions"

Leslie Wayne (Painter) and Don Porcaro (Sculptor): Discuss their exhibition, "The Object of Time: Charting a Decade"

Dr. Lothar von Falkenhausen: Presents "A Silk Route Oasis in History and Archeology: Notes from a Journey Khara-khoto

Carol Armstrong, Director of the Program in the Study of Women and Gender at Princeton University spoke on "Nadar and the Photograph."