Mellon Graduate Fellows 

2022-2023

Kyle Marini, Ph.D. candidate in art history studying the production and ceremonial use of textiles in Inca imperial processions. Mellon Graduate Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Frankie Urrutia-Smith, Ph.D candidate in the Departments of History and WGSS. Her dissertation research explores the role of widows and the institution of widowhood in the early modern Basque country and throughout the Spanish Empire. Mellon Graduate Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University

 

 

 

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Yixin Xu, Ph.D. candidate in art history interested in the cross-cultural encounters of material culture and decorative arts between China and Europe. Mellon Graduate Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2021-2022

Emily Hagen, Ph.D. candidate in art history studying Italian Baroque architecture with an interest in digital humanities. Mellon Graduate Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Francesco Lacopo, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History. Lacopo’s dissertation concerns religion, state-making, and the containment of non-Catholics in the early modern global world. Mellon Graduate Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Holli M. Turner, Ph.D. candidate studying sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance art history. 2021 Summer Mellon Graduate Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University