At the second annual Calouste Gulbenkian Conference in Art History, Professors Talinn Grigor and Houri Berberian (UC Irvine) will present the keynote address “Of photography’s silence: Nevarte Essayan Gulbenkian and Armenian women’s global networks as sitters, collectors, patrons, and advocates of rights.”

The conference is located at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Portugal and will be held Oct. 8-10. Its theme explores “Artistic Networks of Trust: Collecting and Dealing in Times of War and Diplomacy.” Taking Calouste Gulbenkian as its central figure and placing particular emphasis on the role of Armenian networks, this event seeks to shed light on the complex social, political, and cultural dynamics that shaped the production, circulation, collecting, and display of artworks from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.

The event will be livestreamed and available on the conference site.