Each year, UC Davis undergraduates in all academic fields are invited to submit an abstract and participate in the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference. This year, art history was well represented with six majors presenting research papers in Oral Session 2 on Saturday, April 25. 

Flossie Chu, “Touch the Earth Lightly: Critical Regionalism, Architectural Authorship and Cultural Mediation in Glenn Murcutt’s Marika-Alderton House” (sponsored by Prof. Simon Sadler)

Claire Finley, “A Tale of Birds and Beasts: Chinese Textiles and Peruvian Adoption of Chinese Motifs in the 17th-18th Centuries” (sponsored by Prof. Katharine Burnett)

Louise Lu, “Material and Meaning: Status and Taste in Late Ming Wardrobes” (sponsored by Prof.  Katharine Burnett)

Laila Penny, “Straight to the Point: Tracing the Function of Egyptian Obelisks in Ancient Rome” (sponsored by Prof. Alexandra Sofroniew)

Cassandra Perez, “King of the Four Corners: Narratives of Kingship in Esarhaddon’s (681-669 BCE) Zincirli Stele” (sponsored by Prof. Bianca Hand)

Joy Roh, “To Be a Woman: A Feminist Perspective on Women’s Identities Through Qing Dynasty Chinese Porcelain Motifs of Women” (sponsored by Prof. Katharine Burnett)