PhD Candidate; History of Photography
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Katherine Mitchell is a PhD candidate in History of Art and Architecture at Boston University. Her research is focused on the history of photography as an instrument of empire, progress, and conquering of the natural world. She is interested in the ways in which nineteenth-century European-American ecological sensibilities and discourses of science play out in visual representations of landscapes and waterscapes. Katherine holds a BA in Environmental Studies from The University of Vermont and an MA in History of Art and Architecture from Boston University. Her masters scholarly paper explored the cultural and photographic construction of the Seine at the turn of the twentieth century. She has held curatorial and education internships at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Boston Athenaeum.
Research Interests:
- Nineteenth-Century Photography
- Art of the Americas
- Landscapes and Waterscapes
Dissertation in Progress:
“Photographic Currents in US River Culture”
2021-2022:
Symposium co-Coordinator, Graduate Student History of Art & Architecture Association
2020-2021:
Treasurer and Guest Lecture Series Coordinator, Graduate Student History of Art & Architecture Association