KATHRYN DESPLANQUE

e-mail: kathryn.desplanque@duke.edu home: 2923 St Paul street, Apt. 2 Baltimore MD, 21218
work: Dept. of Art, Art History & Visual Studies. Campus Box 90764. Duke University, Durham NC, 27708

EDUCATION
2011-

Doctoral Candidate (ABD), Art History

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Art, Commerce, and Caricature: Satirical Images of Artistic Life in Paris, 1750-1850
Supervisors: Dr. Neil McWilliam and Dr. Mary D. Sheriff

2009-11

Masters, Thesis Program, Art History

Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.
Art World Sociability and Communication Networks: Following the Print Trail of Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Supervisors: Dr. Stphane Roy and Dr. Mitchell Frank

2006-08

Undergraduate, Major in Art History and Studio Arts

Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. Graduated with High Honours.

LANGUAGES
English (native), French (spoken, written, and read), Italian (read).

HONOURS
2011-15
2015
2015
2014
2014
2013-14
2012-13
2011-14
2010-11
2010
2009-10
2009-10
2009-10

SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Doctoral Fellowship, $20,000 per annum

Duke University Summer Research Fellowship, $5,500
Getty Research Institute Library Research Grant, $1,500
D.W. Smith Eighteenth-Century Research Fellowship, $2,000
Duke University Summer Research Fellowship, $5,500
Myra and William Waldo Boone Fellowship for Canadian Graduate Students, $20, 000
Franklin Humanities Center, Center for European Studies Research Scholar, $1,000
Royster Society of Fellows Scholarship, declined, $22,000, per annum
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, $15,000
SSHRC CGS, Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement, $6, 000
SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS, $17,500
Carleton University Graduate Scholarship, $5,000
Carleton University DGS Academic Excellence Scholarship, Domestic Students, $6, 000

PUBLICATIONS
2015
2015
2009

Le regard miroit, miroit: Le Voyage dEncausse et le rcit de voyage humoristique.

Voyages, rencontres, changes au XVIIe sicle. Biblio 17 (2015). Forthcoming.
How to Burlesque a Burlesquer: Paul Sandbys A New Dunciad against William Hogarth.
In Empowering Satire. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishers. Forthcoming.
Yousuf Karsh and Edward Steichen: The Art of the Celebrity Portrait. Pamphlet Guide.
National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA

2015

2015

2014

2014

Lautorflexivit dans lalbum comique. Les illustrateurs et les diteurs contre eux-mmes
dans la Restauration.
LImage railleuse: la satire dans lart et la satire visuelle, 18e-21e sicles. Institut national
dhistoire de lart. Paris, France, June 25th-27th.
Cocktails and Devilries: The Intimate and Spectacular Uses of Scrap Prints in Early
Nineteenth-Century Europe.
Nineteenth Century Studies Association Conference, Material Cultures/Material Worlds.
Boston, MA, March 26th-28th.
Repeat Offenders: Reprinting Visual Satire across Frances Long Eighteenth Century.
University Arts Association of Canada Annual Conference, Things: Their Lives, Agency,
and Meanings. Ontario College of Art and Design, October 23-26th.
Polite Caricature and Impolite Art-Worlds: Caricatura and Sociability in the Acadmie de
France Rome.
Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Revolutions in Eighteenth-Century Sociability.
Universit de Qubec Montral, October 17th.

2014
2013

Counterfeit Caricatures and the Agency of Things in 18th and 19th Century Paris.
Intermezzo Workshop, Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Duke University, October 7th.
Un miroir sur le regard miroit: Le Voyage dEncausse et le rcit de voyage humoristique.
Congrs NASSCFL, Voyages, rencontres, changes au XVIIe sicle. Aix-Marseille Universit,
June 5-8.

2013

Les Petits Mtiers de lAtelier: The Artist as Labourer in the July Monarchy Press.
AAHVS Graduate Student Symposium. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, February 7.

2013

Paul Sandbys A New Dunciad against William Hogarth: An Exploration of Structure and
Weighting in Eighteenth-Century Visual Satire.
Satire Across Borders. Power of Satire Research Project. Utrecht University, January 17-18.

2011

Marketing the Reproductive Engraving in Late Eighteenth-Century Paris: The Commercial

Ploys of Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
17th Annual Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium. Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, March 3-4.

2010

Satirical Humour in Paris Eighteenth-Century Art World.

International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies 2010 Executive Meeting. Student Panel.
Kolding, Denmark, 26 August.

2010

Enjeux professionels et sociabilit13.34+12.88 artistique dans la France du XVIIIe sicle:

une caricature anonyme contre Jean-Baptsite Greuze.
ACFAS, 78e Congrs. Nouvelles Perspectives en Histoire de lArt Europen autour de 1800.
Jeunes Chercheurs et Recherches mergentes panel. Montreal, Qubec, 14 May.

2010

The Line between History and Genre: Jean-Baptiste Greuzes Septime Svre.
Institute of Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture Student Conference. Carleton
University, Ottawa, ON, 8 May.

2010

The Social Dynamics of an Artistic Community in Eighteenth-Century France: An

Anonymous Caricature against Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
16th Annual Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium. Community Panel, Carleton University,
Ottawa, Ontario, 4 March.

MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
CURATION
2013-14 Night in the City of Light: Paris Cabaret, 1881-1914.
Nasher Museum of Art Academic Focus Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Co-curated with Alexis Clark, Emilie Luse, and Laura Moure Cecchini. February 15th-June 29th.

2013-14

Cheap Thrills: The Highs and Lows of Pariss Cabaret Culture, 1880-1939.
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Co-curated with Alexis Clark, Emilie Luse, and Laura Moure Cecchini. February 18th-May 12th.

2013-14

Reading Between the Lines: Comical Interpretations of the Nineteenth Century.

Perkins Library Student Wall, Duke University, Durham NC.
Curatorial Supervisor to W101 students. November 15th-February 1st.

2012-13

A Mockery of Justice: Caricature and the Dreyfus Affair.

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Co-curated with Alexis Clark and Emilie Luse. 12 December 2012-9 March 2013.

2010-11

Museum Collections Research Assistant

Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
Conducted research and improved object files for McAllister Johnson Donation.

2007-08

Documentary Protocols II.

Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, QC.
Curatorial Research Assistant to Vincent Bonin. May 3-June 14, 2008.

PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
2014-15
2009
2008-09
2007-08
2006

Family Programs Intern

Walters Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Public Programming and Education Research Assistant,
Monique Baker-Wishart, National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Ontario
Educational Programming Interpreter (bilingual)
Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
Printshop Heritage Specialist and Educational Assistant (bilingual)
Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
Interpreter/Animator (bilingual)
National Art Gallery and Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
POSTSECONDARY
2015

Instructor, Introduction to the History of Art 2, ARTHIST 102, Summer semester

Art, Art History, and Visual Studies Department, Duke University

2015

Instructor, The Visual Culture of News, Past & Present, ARTHIST 290-2, Summer semester
Art, Art History, and Visual Studies Department, Duke University

2014

Guest Lecturer
Lartiste et le connoisseur au XVIIIe sicle: une histoire de singerie, October 14th Caricature et
satire graphique dans les arts visuels, UQAM, HAR 426B

2013

Instructor, Laughing Matters: Interpreting and Contextualizing Modern Caricature,

W101.36.F13, Fall semester, Thompson Writing Program, Duke University
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Teaching Assistant, History of Art Markets, ARTHIST 231/ECON 344

Art, Art History, and Visual Studies Department, Duke University

2012

Writing Tutor
Writing Studio, Thompson Writing Program, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

2012

Teaching Assistant, History of Art Markets, ARTHIST 154/ECON 179

Art, Art History, and Visual Studies Department, Duke University

2010

Guest Lecturer
Reputation and Representation: The Causes Clbres of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, December 6th
Art and its Markets in Early Modern Europe (1600-1800), ARTH3809A, Dr. Stphane Roy

2010

Teaching Assistant, Art and Society: Renaissance to the Present, ARTH 1101
Art History Department, Carleton University

2009

Teaching Assistant and Guest Lecturer, Art as Visual Communication, ARTH 1105
Art History Department, Carleton University
New Media: Internet Art, lecture, November 26th, with Kari Cwynar

ART and TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION

2013-5

Image Databases for Art Historians.

National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC, TBD, 2015.
Universit de Lyon 2 caricature study group, November 5th, 2014
Universit de Qubec Montral caricature study group, October 20th, 2014
National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC, December 4th, 2013.
Munch & Mull. Franklin Humanities Institute. Duke University. November 4th, 2013.
Media Arts & Sciences Rendezvous. Duke University. October 31st 2013.

2014

Photoshop for Art Historians.

National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC, December 9th, 2014.
National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC, January 14th, 2014.

2008-12

Visual Arts Instructor, Digital arts

Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario
Taught a Cyber Arts program to children ages 9 to 12 for Outreach program, summer camps, and
adult classes. Program covered stop-motion animation, Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash.

COMMITTEE AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION

2014

Caricature Masterclass with Brian Maidment

Yale Center for British Studies, September 4th-6th

2013

Mapping Space & Time: Configuring Connections, Trade, & Travel, Past & Present
Duke Wired! Group, May 2-4th

2011-13

PR Committee Member and Social Chair

AAHVS Graduate Student Symposium, Duke University

2010

Decorative Arts of 18th Century France with Helena Pickup

Five Centuries of Prints and Printmaking with Joanna Selborne
Courtauld Institute of Art, Summer Short Courses

2009-10

Student Representative, School for Studies in Arts and Culture

Graduate Student Association, Carleton University