2023 Class Day Program

CLASS DAY 4:30 pm ∙ Monday, May 29, 2023 Carl Fields Center

Class of 2023 Annabelle Berghof Grant Bruner Shaun Cason Maggie Chamberlain Lola Constantino Kelsey Franklin Alison Hirsch Tai Jeffers Benjy Jude Maia Julis Anika Khakoo Lane Marsh Lulu Meissner Nemo Newman Eloise Schrier Titi Sodimu Megan Specht David Timm Sea Yoon

Class Day Program Welcoming Remarks Rachael DeLue Christopher Binyon Sarofim ’86 Professor in American Art Faculty in the Effron Center for the Study of America Chair, Department of Art & Archaeology History of Art Rachael DeLue Practice of Art Pamela Lins Professor of Visual Arts in the Lewis Center for the Arts Acting Director, Program in Visual Arts Program in Archaeology Branko Glisic Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Director, Program in Archaeology Awards in Other Programs Rachael DeLue Awards in Practice of Art Pamela Lins The Herbert L. Lucas Prize in Visual Arts The Louis B. Sudler Prize in the Arts Awards in the Department of Art & Archaeology Rachael DeLue The Stella and Rensselaer W. Lee Prize The Irma S. Seitz Prize in the Field of Modern Art The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Architectural History The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Archaeology The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Art History The Department of Art & Archaeology Senior Thesis Prize Departmental Honors Rachael DeLue

History of Art Berghof, Annabelle. “The Bookkeeper-Magician”: Paul Klee and his Catalogue Raisonné.

Adviser: Brigid Doherty

Chamberlain, Maggie. The Maiden and The Mirror: Considering Epigram and Image in Tandem on the Attic Grave Stele of Pausimache (390–380 B.C.E.).

Adviser: Samuel Holzman

Franklin, Kelsey. “That Perfect Girl is Gone”: Walt Disney Studios’ Post-Princess Era and the Evolving Representation of Animated Disney Heroines.

Adviser: Rachael DeLue

Hirsch, Alison. Monsanto as Image Maker: Feeding the World Lies.

Adviser: Rachael DeLue

Jude, Benjy. Across Types: A Reexamination of the Sculpture of Charles Cordier.

Adviser: Bridget Alsdorf

Julis, Maia. The Exposures of Francesca Woodman.

Adviser: AnnMarie Perl

Khakoo, Anika. Lenses of Partition: Remembrance and the Photograph.

Adviser: Katherine Bussard

Meissner, Lulu. “There is Nothing New Except in Recollection”: * How Kiefer’s Searing Holocaust Reflections in his Palazzo Ducale Installation Reinterpret Venetian History.

Adviser: Carolina Mangone

Schrier, Eloise. Dompas as Symbolic Object: The Passbook in Contemporary South African Art. Adviser: Irene Small

Timm, David. POST, HUMAN! Stitched Faces, Cyborgian Digital Embodiments, and Trans* Futures.

Adviser: Brigid Doherty

Practice of Art Constantino, Lola. Comb Back Home.

Advisers: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Tina Campt

Jeffers, Tai. Suspension.

Advisers: Glen Fogel, Tina Campt

Marsh, Lane. Petty Saint.

Advisers: Pamela Lins, Brigid Doherty

Newman, Nemo. Ego Death in Two Battles: 988 (1;800;273;TALK) and Living in the GAP. Advisers: Troy Michie, Beatrice Kitzinger

Sodimu, Titi. Boxes and Building Blocks.

Advisers: Tim Szetela, Charlie Barber

Program in Archaeology Bruner, Grant. Prepared with Plumbum: The Socioeconomics of Lead Production in Pompeii.

Adviser: Caroline Cheung

Cason, Shaun. The Rebellion Of Ali B. Muhammad Reexamining The Zanj Revolt and its Place in Abbasid History.

Adviser: Helmut Reimitz

Specht, Megan. First Impressions Matter: A New Behavioral Strategy to Model the Evolution of Cooperation in Everyday Trade in Ancient Pompeii and Viking Age Scandinavia.

Adviser: Corina Tarnita

Yoon, Sea. MOTHER, HEALER, BARBARIC WARRIOR: The Multifaceted Role of Female Representation in RomanoBritish Religion and the Political Significance of Britannia Under Imperial Rome.

Adviser: Helmut Reimitz

Prizes The Grace May Tilton Prize in Fine Arts The prize is awarded for an outstanding thesis by a senior in any of the departments collaborating in the Effron Center for the Study of America.

The thesis must deal wholly or principally with some aspect of the fine arts or crafts, past or present, within the territory now embraced by the United States, or elsewhere in the Americas. The prize is a gift of Robert Schirmer of the Class of 1921 in memory of his mother.

The Asher Hinds Prize in European Cultural Studies This prize was established in memory of Asher Hinds, professor of English and one of the leaders of the Special Program in the Humanities, which later became the programs in American studies and European cultural studies. Hinds was remembered with particular affection by his students and colleagues, who established this prize. It is awarded to the student who does the most outstanding work in the humanities.

The Herbert L. Lucas Prize in Visual Arts This prize was established in 1998 by Herbert L. Lucas, Class of 1950, and was amended in 2004 to recognize excellence and the quality of a body of work by graduating seniors in painting, sculpture, photography, film, and media.

The Louis B. Sudler Prize in the Arts The prize is presented annually to a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence in performance, execution, or composition in one of the arts.

The Stella and Rensselaer W. Lee Prize This prize is awarded to the student who has written an outstanding senior thesis on a subject involving the theory of art and architecture or their relationship to literature.

The Irma S. Seitz Prize in the Field of Modern Art This prize was established by Irma S. Seitz after the death of her husband, William, in 1974. It is awarded annually to a Princeton senior in acknowledgement of their contribution to scholarship in the area of modern art.

The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Architectural History This prize was established by Mrs. Norman White in memory of her son, Frederick Barnard White, Class of 1883. It is awarded to the student who has written an outstanding senior thesis on the subject of architectural history.

The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Archaeology Established in 2001 in memory of Frederick Barnard White, Class of 1883, this prize is awarded to the student who has written an outstanding senior thesis in archaeology.

The Frederick Barnard White Prize in Art History Established in 2001 in memory of Frederick Barnard White, Class of 1883, this prize is awarded to a student who has written an exceptional senior thesis on any art historical topic.

The Department of Art and Archaeology Senior Thesis Prize Established by the Irvine Foundation and awarded annually for the most outstanding senior thesis in the Department of Art and Archaeology.

Image Credits

Front Cover: Tai Jeffers, Suspension, ceramic shards, recycled yarn, fishing line, TV monitors, media players, flash drives, HDMI cables, extension cords, pipes and mounts, 2023.

Back Cover: Grant Bruner (right) and fellow students of Art 304G: Archaeology in the Field, photo courtesy of Grant Bruner.