2024 Reckford Lecture in European Studies: Christine Poggi, New York University
In February 2024, the Institute for the Arts and Humanities presented the Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies, with keynote speaker and art historian Christine Poggi.
Poggi, a professor of fine arts and the Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director of NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, explored Picasso’s use of wood in his works from 1906-08 and 1912-14. She delivered her lecture, "From Primal Matter to Surrogate Veneer: Wood and Faux Bois in Picasso's Cubism," to a full University Room in Hyde Hall.
The Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies was established in 1990 by classics professor Kenneth J. Reckford to honor his late wife, Mary Stevens Reckford. It is hosted by the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.