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Symposia Organized and Chaired:

• "Art History Open Sessions," International Congress, Mediterranean Studies Association, May 10-15, Messina, Italy
• "Giorgio Vasari: Janus Aspects," RSA/ATSAH, April 9-13, 2005, Cambridge, England
• "Spanish Emblems," RSA, April 9-13, 2005, Cambridge, England
• "Art History Open Sessions," SCRC/SRAH, March 13-16, 2005, Malibu, CA
• "Art History Open Sessions," SECAC/ATSAH, October 13-17, 2005, Jacksonville, FL
• "Vasari: Art and Theory," SECAC, Jacksonville, Florida, October 24-27, 2005
• "Art History Open Sessions," International Congress, Mediterranean Studies Association, Barcelona, Spain, May 28-31, 2004.
• "Bronzino Revisited," RSA, New York City, April 1-4, 2004
• "Neoplatonic Aesthetics: Music, Literature and the Visual Arts," International Congress, Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, June 5-10, 2003.
• Art History Open Session, International Congress, Mediterranean Studies Association, Budapest, Hungary, May 24-29, 2003.
• "Pre-Raphaelite's Medieval Imagery," International Congress at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 3-6, 2002.
• "Emblems in The Dream of Poliphilo," RSA, Tempe, AZ, March 23-26, 2002.
• "Aspects of Italian Renaissance Art, " RSA, Tempe, AZ, March 23-26, 2002.
• "Women's Anecdotes," College Art Association, Philadelphia, February 23-26, 2002.
• "Cezanne's Artistic Quests, " International Congress on Mediterranean Studies, May 24-28, 2001.
• "Art and Culture in Aix-Provence I," International Congress on Mediterranean Studies, May 24-28, 2001.
• "Art and Culture in Aix-Provence II," International Congress on Mediterranean Studies, May 24-28, 2001.
• "Art History and Antiquity," International Congress on Mediterranean Studies, May 24-28, 2001.
• "Fables, Legends and Myths in Renaissance Art," RSA, Chicago, ILL, March 29-31, 2001
• "Transformation in Cinquento Art," RSA Chicago, ILL, March 29-31, 2001.
• "Flowering in Italian Art," SECAC, Louisville University, KY, October 23-26, 2000
• "American Artists in Italy," American Historical Association, UMASS Lowell, November 10, 2000
• "Antiquity and American," American Historical Association, UMASS Lowell, November 10, 2000
• "The Culture Connection," American Historical Association, UMASS Lowell, November 10, 2000
• "Botticelli's Pictorial Imagery" International Conference in Fifteenth-Century Studies, Antwerp, Belgium, July 27-30, 2000.
• "On Aspects of Fifteenth-Century Northern Art," International Conference in Fifteenth-Century Studies, Antwerp, Belgium, July 27-30, 2000.
• "Paola Rego: Visual and Textual Interpretation, "International Congress, Mediterranean Studies Association, Bahia El Salvador, Brazil, May 24-28, 2000.
• "Cultural Connections," International Congress, Mediterranean Studies Association, Bahia El Salvador, Brazil, May 24-28, 2000.
• "The Arts of the American," International Congress on Mediterranean Studies, Bahia El Salvador, Brazil, May 24-28, 2000.
• "The Emblema," Renaissance Society of America, Florence, Italy, March 22-24, 2000.
• "Lives of Artists: Autobiography, Biography and Historiography," ATSAH, College Art Association, New York, February 22-26, 2000.
• "Mythology in the Arts," Art History Symposium, University of Massachusetts Lowell, December 3, 1999.
• "Vasari and Vasariana," South-Central Renaissance Conference, Savannah College of Arts and Design, Savannah, GA, April 8-10, 1999.
• "Women and Art: Representations and Realities," Art History Symposium, University of Massachusetts Lowell, December 2, 1998.
• "Self-Portraits and Portraits," Southeastern College of Art Association, Miami, Florida, October 28-31, 1998.
• "Portraiture and Patronage," Southeastern College of Art Association, Miami, Florida, October 28-31, 1998.
• "Portraiture: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Issues," Southeastern College of Art Association, Miami, Florida, October 28-31, 1998.
• "Mexican and Latin American Art and Culture," Symposium, UMASS Lowell, April 24, 1998.
• "Artists' Poems and Poems about Art: ut pictura poesis," Association for Textual Scholarship in Art History, College Art Association, Toronto, February 26-29, 1998.
• "The Ages of Life and Seasons, "South-Central Renaissance Conference, Baylor University, Waco, Texas , April 2-5, 1998.
• "Art History and the Aesthetics of European and American Film, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, January 28-30, 1998.
• "Peace and Justice or Justice and Peace," Arizona State University Conference (ACMRS), Tempe, Arizona, February 12-14, 1998
• "Illustrations for Dante's Commedia in the Cinquecento," Southern Central Renaissance Conference, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, April 2-4, 1998.
• "The Art of Correggio and Lotto," Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, New College of the South Florida University, March 12-14, 1998.
• "Portraits: Concealment and Revelations," South-Central Renaissance Conference, Austin, Texas March 20-22, 1997.
• "Historiography of Mannerism and Maniera," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, St Louis, MO, October 24-27, 1997
• "Patronage of Mannerism and Maniera," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, St Louis, MO, October 24-27, 1997
• "Artistic Theories of Mannerism and Maniera," Sixteenth-Century Journal Conference in St Louis, MO, October 24-27, 1997.
• "Approaches to Dante's Divine Comedy in Art, Music and Literature, University of Massachusetts Lowell, December 9, 1996.
• "Art History and Photography: Critical Theories," University of Massachusetts, Lowell, May 12, 1996. 
• "Art History Sessions," Southern Central Renaissance Conference, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, April 8-10, 1996.
• "The Story of Perseus," Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, New College of the South Florida University, March 14-16, 1996.
• "The Janus Aspects of Emblematica," Renaissance Society of America, New York, April 4-6, 1996.
• Northern Italian Paintings: Correggio, Lotto, Barocci and Caravaggio," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 23-26, 1996.
• "Emblems and Drawings in the Sixteenth Century," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, San Francisco, October 26-29, 1995. 
• "Images and Sounds of the Renaissance," Southern Central Renaissance Conference, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, April 6-8, 1995.
• "Mannerism: Le belle donne," Renaissance Society of America, New York, March 31-April 2, 1995.
• "Pre-Raphaelite Symposium: Interdisciplinary Contexts," University of Massachusetts Lowell, February 16, 1995.
• "Mannerism II: Art and Art Theories," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Toronto, Canada, October 27-29, 1994.
• "Lowellian Painters of the Nineteenth Century," University of Massachusetts Lowell, June 20-24, 1994
• "Botticelli's Imagery in Pre-Raphaelite Paintings," Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, New College of the South Florida University, March 12-14, 1994.
• "Renaissance Ideal Beauty: Theories of the Female," Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, New College of the South Florida University, March 12-14, 1994.
• "Vasari And Vasariana, "Sixteenth Century Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 22-24, 1992.
• "Joan Miro: Centennial Celebration," International Mediterranean Conference, Palma de Majorca, July 10-17, 1992
• "Current Issues on Pre-Raphaelite Art," University of Massachusetts Lowell, April 24, 1992
• "Dante's Divine Comedy: The Patronage of the 19th Century," American Association of Italian Studies Conference, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 8-10, 1992
• "Cinquecento Decorative Cycles," Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, New College of the South Florida University, March 12-14, 1992.
• "Mannerism: Historiography, Art and Art Theories," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Penn State University, Philadelphia, October 7-10, 1991.
• "Dante's Divine Comedy: Changes in Art Practices and Patronage in the art of the 19th Century," Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies," Conference at Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, November 9-11, 1991.
• "Literature and the Fine Arts," American Association of Italian Studies Conference, University of Virginia, April 13-16, 1989.
• "Art and Medicine," American Association of Italian Studies Conference, University of Lowell, April 13-16, 1989.
• "Commedia dell'Arte," American Association of Italian Studies Conference, University of Lowell, April 13-16, 1989.
• "Italian Women in Art and Literature," American Association of Italian Studies Conference, University of Lowell, 13-16, 1989.
• "Plenary Session on Correggio," American Association of Italian Studies Conference, University of Lowell, April 13-16, 1989.
• "Medievalism in Pre-Raphaelite Art and Literature," Medieval Conference, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, April 14-15, 1988.
• "Masks and Masquerades in the Arts," Ninth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Florida Atlantic University, March 16-17, 1988.
• "Medicine: Medieval Illustrations and Art," Medieval Conference, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, April 10-12, 1987.
• "Medievalism in Pre-Raphaelite Art and Literature III," Medieval Conference, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, April 10-12, 1987.
• "Skulls, Skeletons and Memento Mori in the Arts," Eighth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, University of Texas, March 14-18, 1987.
• "Women in Art," Women's Caucus for Art, Boston Public Library, Boston, February 10-14, 1987.
• "Folkloric Painters in American Art: 1830-1880," University of Lowell, Spring 1986.
• "Medievalism in Nineteenth Century Art and Literature," Medieval Conference, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, April 26-27, 1985.
• "Hair as an Object of Fantasy in Art and Literature," Sixth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, University of Texas, Beaumont, March 13-16, 1985.
• "Whistler: Harbors and Waterways," University of Lowell, October 1984.
• "Pre-Raphaelite Art and Literature," University of Lowell, April 1984.
• "La Danse Macabre," Fifth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Florida Atlantic University, March 16-17, 1984.
• "Raphael: 1483-1520," University of Lowell, December 1983.
• "Whistler: Preview Whistler House Museum," Lowell, November 1983.

Sessions Chaired:

• "Spanish Emblems," RSA, April 9-13, 2005, Cambridge, England
• "Art History Open Session: Giorgio Vasari," SCRC/SRAH, March 13-16, 2005, Malibu, CA
• "Art History Open Session: The Classical Tradition," SECAC/ATSAH, October 13-17, 2005, Jacksonville, FL
• "NeoPlatonic Understanding of the Body in Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy," International Society of NeoPlatonic Studies, Liverpool University, UK, June 24-27, 2004.
• "Emblems", RSA, New York City, April 1-4, 2004.
• "Portuguese Religious Art," International Conference, Mediterranean Studies Association, University of Coimbra, Portugal, May 27-31, 1999.
• Program Chair of 27 interdisciplinary sessions on Renaissance, South-Central Renaissance Conference in Austin, Texas, March 20-22, 1997.
• "Portraits: Concealment and Revelations," South Central Renaissance Conference, Austin, Texas, March 20-22, 1997.
• "Approaches to Dante's Divine Comedy in Art, Music and Literature," University of Massachusetts Lowell, December 9, 1996.
• "Art History and Photography: Critical Theories," UMASS Lowell, May 12, 1996.
• "Emblems in Art and Literature, "Renaissance Society of America, Bloomington, Indiana, April 18-21, 1996.
• "Music and Art in Northern Europe, "Renaissance Society of America, Bloomington, Indiana, April 18-21, 1996.
• "Emblems in Art, Music, and Literature," South-Central Renaissance, St. Louis, MO, March 21-23, 1996.
• "New Studies in Fifteenth Century Art," International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 8-10 1996.
• "The Status of Public Art," National Conference on Public Art, UMASS Lowell, November 8-10, 1991.
• "New Studies on Romano and Guercino," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Penn State University, Philadelphia, October 7-10, 1991.
• "French Renaissance Art and Literature," Medieval and Renaissance Studies, New College of the South Florida University, March 9-10, 1984
• "Critics' Criteria," Women's Caucus for Art/Boston, October 16, 1984.
• "The Status of Art in Boston," Women's Caucus for Art/Boston, March 1983.
• "The Arts and Industrialism," Lowell Conference on Industrial History, Lowell, May 1981.