- M.A.in Art History, Columbia University
- B.A. in Art History, Finch College
Suzanne Conway, M.A.
Suzanne Conway, M.A.
Educational Background
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Art History I and II
- Early Italian Renaissance Art
- Michelangelo and his Times
- 17th Century Art
- 18th Century Art
- 19th Century Art
- Paris: an Urban History
- Looking at Landscape Design
- Interdisciplinary Honors Program, Art and Justice: Considering Childhood Past to Present
Scholarly Interests
- Late 18th century French painting, landscape design and architecture
- The oeuvre of Hubert Robert
- The history of imagery related to women breastfeeding
- 18th century French portraits of women nursing infants
- Interdisciplinary enquiry into the history of the construct of childhood
- The life and patronage of the Marquis de Laborde
Publications
“Ayah, Caregiver of Anglo-Indian Children c. 1750-1947” in Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World, edited by Shirleene Robinson and Simon Sleight, Palgrave, Macmillan, 2016.
“Cecilia Beaux, 1855-1942”, in Sisterly Love: Women of Note in Pennsylvania, edited by Marie Conn and Sr. Therese Benedict Maguire, CC Rowan, 2014.
“Children’s Clothing: Signposts of Lost Childhood”, Civilisations: L’adulte en miniature, une vie privée d’enfance, Université de Toulouse, France, 2009.
“Child at the Breast: an Art Historical Perspective”, GRAAT, no. 36, Stories of Children, Histories of Childhood, Tome 1, Civilisation, June 2007, Université de Toulouse.
Presentations and Workshops
2016 – “The 18th Century Ideal Child: Romance and Reality in 18th Century French and English Painting”, British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Oxford University, UK
2015 – “The 18th Century Ideal Child: Romance and Reality”, Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past”, Chicago.
2015 – “Ayah, Caregiver for Anglo-Indian Children in 18th Century British Painting”, British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Oxford University, UK
2014 – “Save the Children: a Lasting Legacy of World War I”, CHC/SEPCHE Conference, Legacy of World War I, Chestnut Hill College, USA
2014 – “New Parents for the New Child in 18th-Century French Art”, Annual Conference of the College Art Association, Chicago
2013 – “Ayah, Caregiver of Anglo-Indian Children, c. 1750-1947”, Symposium on Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World: Historical Perspectives, King’s College, London
2013 – “Spaces and Places for Play in 17th and 18th-CenturyVisual Arts”, Seventh Biennial Conference of the Society for the History of Children and Youth, University of Nottingham, UK
2013 – “Jean-Joseph de Laborde: 18th Century Master of the Universe”, British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Oxford, England
2012 – “Children’s Pictorial Spaces in Eighteenth Century French Painting”, 2012 International Conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past, University of Granada, Spain
2012 – “Rousseau’s mère éducatrice in Theory and Practice”, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas
2012 – “The New Child”, Rethinking the History of Childhood Conference, University of Greenwich, London, England
2011 – “Representations of Education in Eighteenth Century French Art: La mère éducatrice”, From Uniformity to Reform: Education in the Very Long Eighteenth Centry Conference, Institute for Historical Research, University of London, London, England
2011 – “Familial Sentiment in French Art”, British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Oxford University, England
2010 – “Robert des Ruines and the Visualization of Time”, BESECS, Oxford University, England
2010 – “Two Men and a Woman: The Exceptional Friendship of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Hubert Robert and the Marquis de Laborde” ASECS Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2009 – “Jean Joseph de Laborde: Man of Contrasts, BESECS, Oxford University, England
2008 – “Childhood: Romance, Reality and Rights”, NCHC Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas
2005 – “Child at the Breast: Romance and Reality” presentation at International Conference on Childhood: histories d’enfants, histories d’enfance, Université de Tours, France