Dutch Albany in History & Art: The 46th New Netherland Institute Conference

Sat, Sep 21 - Sat, Sep 21  2024

New York State Museum, Albany, NY

Join this joint conference on New Netherland history of the New Netherland Institute, the Albany Institute of History & Art and the New York State Library.

Dutch Albany in History & Art: The 46th New Netherland Institute Conference is joint conference of the New Netherland Institute, with the Albany Institute of History & Art and the New York State Library.

Panel 1: Albany at 400

• BJ Lillis, American Antiquarian Society: From Dutch “Colony” to English Manor: Maria van Rensselaer and the Remaking of Rensselaerswijck after 1674
• Chelsea Teale, New Netherland Research Center: Last Patroon/First Lord: Insights from Kiliaen van Rensselaer’s Journal
• Cheryle Weber, The Dutch Settlers Society: The Tercentenary celebration in Albany

Panel 2: Art History & Material Culture in New Netherland and Dutch New York

• Louisa Ruby, Frick Collection: Dutch Art and the Hudson Valley Patroon Painters
• Marge Steurbaut, Rice University: The Glazing of Beverwijck’s First Protestant Church: Colonial Power Visualized
• Elizabeth Nogrady, The Leiden Collection: Delights of the Senses: Seventeenth-century Dutch Art and Life

Panel 3: Finding Indigenous and Enslaved People in Art and Archives

• Sarah Mallory, Morgan Library & Museum: Looking for Legacies: Images of Enslavement in Dutch 17th-century Art
• Pilar Jefferson, University of California Berkeley: There and Gone: Racial Logics of African and Native American Presence in the Archives of Dutch Albany
• Molly Leech, University of Pennsylvania: Materialities and Global Trajectories of the New Netherland Fur Trade

Find details and registration here.