Lectures

At the University of Amsterdam

Courses:

  • ‘Illustration, Book Art, Artists’ books’
  • Field trip to Paris: Paris ville-livre

Guest lectures:

  • In ‘Collecting, Curating and Display ‘
  • In ‘The Image of the artist’

At Maastricht University

Courses:

  • ‘Arts and Audiences’ Elective
  • ‘Cultural Education Elective’
  • ‘Curatorship Elective’
  • ‘Researching Arts and Culture’

Guest lectures:

  • In ‘Style and Modernity’
    • ‘From Realism to Abstract Art or the birth of Modernism’
    •  ‘Interdisciplinary exploration of Surrealism’
    • ‘Picasso’s poems’
  • In ‘Modernity and the Arts I’
    • ‘Art and the Marketplace’
  • In ‘Main Periods in Literature, Art & Culture’
    • ‘From Rococo to Neoclassicism: Arts in 18th century Europe’
  • In ‘Myth and Disenchantment’:
    • ‘Heroes and Monsters: Mythology in the visual arts from Renaissance to Modern Art’
    • ‘Representations of Evil’
  • In ‘The Future of Literature’ at UCM:
    • ‘The Power of Images: tracing the shift and forms of visual literature’

At Canterbury University

Courses:

  • ‘“Picasso who”? Introducing Modern Art’
  • ‘Art and Revolution’
  • ‘Challenging Traditions: Painting in France 1830-1900’
  • ‘The Art Museum Past and Present’
  • ‘Art in Literature, Literature in Art’

Public Lectures

  • ‘Running Wild: Fiep Westendorp in context’ lunch lecture at the Rijksmuseum (June 2026)
  • Cambridge University, Workshop at the Fitzwilliam museum (for curators and museum studies graduate students) ‘What can sensory language do for your labels?’ (November 2025) 
  • Cambridge University, Public lecture ‘‘Meeting’ Medieval Books: The impact of sensory approaches on book exhibitions’(November 2025)
  • Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge) ‘reflections on an experiment’. Talk with the staff of the museums about the lessons learnt from the sensory exhibition experiment. (November 2025)  
  • Royal Academy public programme, “The Road to (In)dependence: Art in literature, literature in Art in 19th century France” in the programme  on Revolutionaries and Romantics: Art and Literature in France, as part of the public programme around our upcoming exhibition Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo.  (London, May 2025)
  • Royal Academy public programme (London, May 2025), “Responding to Modernity: Realist Literature, Art, and Society” in the programme on Revolutionaries and Romantics: Art and Literature in France, as part of the public programme around our upcoming exhibition Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo. (London, May 2025)
  • CVC public programme ‘Common Sense: (Re)Inventing a Social and Sensory Museology of the Illustrated Book’, (Cambridge University, December 2024)
  • 3 Podcasts for the exhibition Trailblazers: 20th century illustrators and activism (2023)
  • Podcast “Potloodcast” – https://www.illustratieambassade.nl/potloodcast-19-emilie-sitzia/ (2023)
  • Chair of a round table « Exhibition Making: Exposer la recherche en Art et Sciences Humaines et sociales autour des « situations de Colonialité ». (Mucem, June 2023)
  • Podcast for the ReInHerit Project “Beyond the Exhibit: Unlocking the Power of Museum Participation (2023): https://rss.com/podcasts/museumsup-reinherit/1112193/
  • ICOM L’important c’est de participer (Paris, December 2022)
  • Arts, science and society seminars (Rapports entre Arts et Sciences: une perspective historique) 4 thematic sessions with guest speakers, events and exhibitions (Iméra, Marseille, 2022) 
  • Research day “How to revolutionise institutions?” (Iméra, Marseille, 2022)
  • Interview with artist and choreographer Toer van Schayk (video presented at the Bonnefanten Museum in the exhibition ‘Changing shapes’- 2021)
  • Interview with artist Anna Raimondo (video presented au MUCEM in the symposium ‘Tout un monde en mouvement / Industries Culturelles et Créatives’ – 2021)
  • Illustration Biennale Lecture “how to (seriously) talk about illustration today?” (2021)
  • “La Participation en question”, Iméra (France), 7 December 2020.
  • “Rencontres: Mediterranée trait-d’union?”, Manifesta 13 (Marseille), 15 September 2020.
  • Summer school ‘History of the book’ of the University of Amsterdam Rare books collection. “Children’s books: a story apart”, August 2019
  • Silence, Marres ‘Training the senses’ programme, forthcoming September 2018.
  • Inaugural lecture, ‘”Illustration is everyone’s mother tongue”: the role of illustration in individual identity formation’ Amsterdam University, forthcoming July 2018.
  • PAS Festival (Maastricht) ‘What (and how) do we learn in art museums’, September 2017.
  • ‘The Bible and the Body: Word-Image-Enactment’ introduction to Peter Greenaway, 11 March 2015, Lumiere Cinema, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • ‘Talk About the Weather’, Public lecture, 7th August 2011, Dunedin Public art Gallery, Dunedin.
  • ‘The Landscape Revolution’, Guest lecture in Art after Dark series, 18th November 2010, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.
  • ‘Romanticism – Dialogues and Exchanges between France and Germany’, Guest lecture in Art after Dark series, 11th November 2010, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.
  • ‘Larger than Life: A Short History of Monumental Sculpture’, Guest lecture, 20th October 2010, Christchurch Art Gallery.
  • ‘Ron Mueck’s “Wild Man”, floortalk with artist Louise Palmer, 20th October 2010, Christchurch Art Gallery. Listen here…
  • ‘Monet and the Weather’, Guest lecture in the symposium ‘Image and context: reflections on Monet and Impressionism’, 21st March 2009, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.
  • ‘Monet’s letters: writing the Impressionist project’, Guest lecture in the Friends of Te Papa lecture series, 20st March 2009, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,Wellington.
  • ‘Do we really need another book on Monet’, darling?’ Panel discussion in Art after Dark series, 19st March 2009, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. Look at the discussion here…
  • ‘Monet in Context: The Evolution of Landscape Painting From the Barbizon School to Impressionism’ Guest lecture, 10th of March 2009, Christchurch Art Gallery.
  • ‘Mallarmé, Manet, Accursed Poet/Damned Painter: An interdisciplinary dialogue’, Guest lecture in the series Lectures in Art History and Visual Culture, 16th August 2007, Victoria University
  • ‘Giacometti: Parisian connections’, Guest lecture, 31st January 2007, Christchurch Art Gallery.
  • ‘Giacometti and the literary world’, Guest lecture in the symposium ‘Encountering Giacometti’, 10th December 2006, Christchurch Art Gallery.
  • ‘Novels as historical/art historical documents’, Guest lecture in the Research Seminar lecture series, 27 July 2005, Otago University, New Zealand.